Contracting with attorneys. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - For example, it limits contingency fee agreements in medical malpractice cases to 25  percent of the amount the client receives if the case is settled before it is filed in court and 33  percent if it is resolved after it is filed.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-027

Proposition 36 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - In total, Proposition  36 would increase state criminal justice costs, likely ranging from several tens of millions of dollars to the low hundreds of millions of dollars each year (annually) . This amount is less than one-half of 1  percent of the state ’s total General Fund budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=36&year=2024

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - Under this law, certain operating system providers and application stores must provide age-range signals —information indicating a user ’s general age category (for example, under 13, 13-17, or 18+) —that application developers can use to apply age-based requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

Proposition 33 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Proposition  33 prevents the state from taking future actions to limit local rent control. Fiscal Effects Effects on Renters and Landlords. If Proposition  33 passes, local rent control laws probably would expand in some communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024

Relating to attorney fees and medical damages in motor vehicle accident cases. [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2025 - File No. 25-0022, Amendment #1). Background Insurance Required for Motor Vehicles. Motor vehicle insurance compensates people —up to certain specified amounts ( “coverage amounts ”) —when an accident occurs resulting in injury or damage.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-022

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - For children under age 13, parental consent is required. This includes information related to a minor ’s online activity and images of the minor. State Requirements for Operators of Companion Chatbots.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

State income taxes and various charges collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles. [Ballot]

Nov 1, 2017 - In particular, the department collects fees when individuals apply for a California driver license ($33) and register thei r vehicles ($80), as well as when they renew their license or registration. In April 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  5 (SB1, Beall), which, among other things, created a supplemental registration fee for zero-emission vehicles effective January 1, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-031

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Next, the remaining revenues would be used for (1)  the increased state and county costs associated with administering statewide primary and April elections for citizen initiatives and (2)  to compensate certain state and county government employees above their current levels of compensation if they perform certain work related to the citizen initiative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - Of the about 16  million people who voted in California in the November 2024 Presidential General Election, about 13  million voted using a VBM ballot and about 3  million voted in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Prohibit new taxes on financial assets and other personal property. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - File No. 25-00 41, Amendment #1). Background Certain Personal Property Is Taxed in California. Both the state and local governments tax owners of certain personal property based on the property ’s value.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-041