Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - Two of the more significant changes include capping the number of days an agency must provide for public comment —such as 45 days for draft EIRs —and specifying that these periods may only be extended by a court order.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Drivers for rideshare companies work as independent contractors rather than employees, generally using their own v ehicles and choosing when and where to work. Most drivers for rideshare companies drive part-time and many only work for less than a year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - For example, this measure could be found by courts t o be unconstitutional, either: (1)  preventing it from ever reaching the ballot or (2)  invalidating it in whole or in part if voters approved it at an election.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

Statutory initiative that would establish a statewide vote to express the intent of California voters to seek independence from the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jan 8, 2025 - Supreme Court ruled in Texas v. White that the initial act admitting a state to the Union “was final. ” The court said: “There was no place for reconsideration, or revocation, except through revolution, or through consent of the states. ” Initiatives and Constitutional Revisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2024-001

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

Jan 20, 2026 - In addition, t he commission would have authority to oversee certain corporate governance practices and material financial transactions, conduct audits and investigations, issue binding directive s and emergency orders, and adopt regulations necessary to implement the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

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

Jan 20, 2026 - If initial registration fees are insufficient to establish the commission, the State Controller may advance up to $10 million from the General Fund, to be repaid with interes t within three years of the first annual assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Contracting with attorneys. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Proposal Prohibits New Limits on People ’s Ability to Contract With Attorneys. This measure provides a new constitutional right protecting the ability of people to contract with attorneys beginning January 1, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-027

Elections in California. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2025 - These new costs could be in the low tens of millions of dollars for each statewide election cycle. Overall, however, the extent of the increased costs from the change is unknown because it would depend on whether more citizen initiatives qualify for the ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-019

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - Any modifications to existing information technology systems or creation of new information technology systems to comply with this requirement of the measure —either to allow the state and counties to develop a new data source or to interface with existing government data sources —would increase one-time and ongoing state and county costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - The Insurance Commissioner would decide what home-hardening standards would need to be me t. An insurer could ask the Insurance Commissioner to waive this requirement if the insurer already covers a lot of homes in places with high wildfire risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020