Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - Voters approved Proposition  30 in 2012 to temporarily increase income tax rates on high-income taxpayers. In 2016, voters approved Proposition  55 to extend these higher rates until 2030. The top 2  percent of California taxpayers pay these higher rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. [Ballot]

Mar 25, 2025 - This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. Topics may focus on scientific or skills-based knowledge related to environmental sustainability practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - We estimate that this measure would have the following major fiscal effect: Costs to the University of California of about $30  million annually the first few years to provide new home loans, with annual costs decreasing over a few decades as loans are repaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Oversight of certain nonprofit charities and related entities. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure requires a public list of people qualified for appointment to the board, consisting of a minimum of 30 people, be maintained at all times. Board members could only serve up to eight years and would be paid similarly to a California trial court judge.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-032

Elections in California. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2025 - In the roughly ten years before the 2011 law change, about 30 more citizen initiatives qualified for the ballot than in the roughly ten years after the law change. If more citizen initiatives were to qualify for the ballot, state and local government costs would be higher in statewide election cycles.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-019

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

Dec 10, 2025 - Applies 30-Day Application Completeness Time Limit to More Projects. The measure would apply a 30-day time limit for lead or responsible agencies to determine whether an application for an essential project is complete, including those projects need ing local general plan or zoning changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Temporary extension of Proposition 30 income tax increases (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2015 - Proposition  30. Proposition  30 temporarily raised some state taxes. Sales Taxes. Proposition  30 increased the state sales tax rate by one-quarter cent from 2013 through 2016. In the current fiscal year, this increase is budgeted to generate $1.6  billion of revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-065

Extend temporary personal income tax rate increases on high-income taxpayers (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Jan 25, 2016 - Proposition  30. Proposition  30 temporarily raised state taxes. Sales Taxes. Proposition  30 increased the state sales tax rate by one-quarter cent from 2013 through 2016. In the current fiscal year, this increase is expected to raise $1.5  billion of revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-115

Research and development involving certain psychedelic substances (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 7, 2023 - Fiscal Effects Annual State Costs of $220  Million for 30 Years to Repay the Bonds. We estimate the cost to repay the bonds (both principal and interest) would average about $220  million General Fund each year for 30 years, with costs totaling $6.6 billion over the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013

Proposition 55 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - This year ’s state budget assumes that the Proposition  30 income tax increases will raise about $7  billion in revenue. Proposition  30 also increased the state sales tax rate by one-quarter cent from 2013 through 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=55&year=2016