Innocent Human Life [Ballot]

Feb 2, 2015 - Many of the words used in this proposed ini tiative are legally ambiguous and potentially open to broad interpretation, given that these words in question are not defined in the initiative. Consequently, while the full scope of the changes resulting from this initiative is highly uncertain and would depend on how the initiative is interpreted and applied by the courts, the full scope of changes is pot entially very broad.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-012

The President of California Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - File No. 15-0013) that replaces the word “Governor ” with   “President ” in the California Constitution. Background Governor. The chief executive of state or regional government in every state, commonwealth, and territory of the United States of America is referred to as Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-013

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

Proposition 35 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - In other words, the health plan tax revenue reduces costs to the state General Fund. Increasing Funding for Medi-Cal and Other Health Programs. Some of the revenue increases funding for Medi-Cal and other health programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=35&year=2024

Nationhood status and possible secession from the U.S. [Ballot]

Aug 28, 2015 - Quadrennial "Nationhood Referenda. " A statute proposed by this measure would place before California 's voters every four years a "nationhood referendum, " asking whether California "should acquire the exclusive power to make its laws, levy its taxes and establish its own relations abroad —in other words, sovereignty —and at the same time to maintain with United States an
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-037

The rights of specified individuals to make their own health care decisions. [Ballot]

Feb 18, 2016 - This is because many of the words used in this initiative are undefined and therefore legally ambiguous and potentially open to broad interpretation. For example, a “private decision ” is not a legal concept and is undefined in the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-123

The rights of individuals to make “fully free and informed” health decisions. [Ballot]

Nov 18, 2021 - Many of the words used in this initiative —such as “medical procedure ” —are undefined and potentially open to very broad interpretation. In addition, the fiscal effects would depend heavily on how certain provisions would be implemented and how variou s economic sectors and individuals might respond in the long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-025

Definition of the term “person” for purposes of Article I, Section 7 of the State Constitution. [Ballot]

Nov 20, 2015 - Wade ) found that the word person, as used in the U.S. Constitution for the purposes of due process and equal protection, did not include the unborn. The court found that women generally have a right under the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-072

Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - Impedes a patient 's ability to obtain, transport, or cultivate marijuana, so long as (1)  the method of obtaining, cultivating, or transporting marijuana is consistent with the business practices and/or cultivation practices used for other non-prohibited flora in the l aw ’s jurisdiction, and (2) no medical marijuana business or cultivation activities occur within 600  feet of a K-12 school, unless approved by local authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

Minimum amount of charity care nonprofit hospitals must provide. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2015 - In other words, a hospital ’s unreimbursed cost of care for an uninsured patient would qualify as charity care only if the hospital furnished that service for free (or at a discount) under its financial assistance program, without expectation of payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-102