Redirect up to $10.7 billion in previously authorized general obligation bond authority to certain water-related projects and amend the constitution to prioritize certain uses of water (Amendment #1).

Jan 8, 2016 - Projects to Increase Surface Water Storage Capacity ($900  Million). The measure provides $900  million to increase the surface storage water capacity of existing facilities and specifies that San Luis Reservoir (in Merced County) and Shasta Dam (in Shasta County) projects are eligible for such funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-107

Funding for various brownfield-related activities. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - The measure includes $300  million for SWRCB to investigate and clean up groundwater and surface water at brownfield sites across the state. Grants to Remediate Abandoned Wells and Petroleum Fields. The measure provides $300  million for grants to local governments and nonprofits to acquire and clean up parcels with abandoned oil and gas wells and petroleum fields.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-034

Authorize $8.9 billion in general obligation bonds for various water-related programs and projects. [Ballot]

Sep 5, 2017 - San Francisco Bay Area Surface Water Storage ($250  Million). The measure provides funding for a group of eight water agencies in the Bay Area to develop new facilities that extend the regional benefits of existing surface water storage, such as by building new connections to existing water supplies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-010

Groundwater Preservation and Water Consumer Awareness Act of 2015 [Ballot]

Jun 9, 2015 - The measure would impose an excise tax on bottled water from various sources within the state, including surface water, groundwater, and municipal water supplies. The tax rate would be five cents per ounce —equivalently, 60 cents on a 12-ounce bottle of water.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-021

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - For example, local educational agencies could use the funds to improve air ventilation and filtration system s or add antimicrobial surfaces. Revenues Exempt From Constitutional Spending Limits. The State Constitution contains various rules affecting the state budget primarily, but also school district and local government budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - On the other hand, trial courts could receive an increased number of appeals of Labor Com missioner decisions or an increased number of class-action lawsuits or other civil filings that otherwise would have been pursued as PAGA lawsuits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - To limit these new costs, rideshare and delivery com panies might hire fewer drivers. These companies also would eventually increase fares and delivery charges to make up for their new costs. Responses by Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 23, 2015 - Department of Justice (DOJ) is not to prosecute marijuana users and businesses that act in com pliance with state and local marijuana laws so long as those laws are written and enforced in a manner that upholds federal priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104