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 51 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - The public school system from kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) currently has about 6.2  million students, 10,000 schools (including 1,100 charter schools), 950 school districts, and 58 county offices of education.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=51&year=2016

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - The workload imposed by the measure on the State Auditor —recurring audits of all 58 counties and the state —would be a substantial increase in the State Auditor ’s workload that would require a significant expansion of that office.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Local land use. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - This authority extends to zoning or land use in: (1)  the coastal zone; (2)  the siting of a power plant that can generate more than 50 megawatts of electricity; or (3)  the development of water, communications, or transportation infrastructure projects that the state declares are matters of statewide concern.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-016

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - Long-standing state law permits California ’s 58 counties to impose and collect a tax on the transfer of ownership in real estate. This is known as a documentary transfer tax. The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Long-standing state law permits California ’s 58 counties to impose and collect a tax on the transfer of ownership in real estate. This is known as a documentary transfer tax. The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Long-standing state law permits California ’s 58 counties to impose and collect a tax on the transfer of ownership in real estate. This is known as a documentary transfer tax. The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - The ultimate fiscal effects of the measure on the state and local governments will depend on d ecisions by the state ’s 482 cities and 58 counties. Summary of Fiscal Effects. We estimate that this measure would have the following major fiscal effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

Kindergarten Through Community College Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2016 [Ballot]

Mar 6, 2015 - As of November 2013, an estimated $7  billion remained in local bond authority for community college districts. Proposal This measure allows the state to sell $9  billion of general obligation bonds —$7  billion for K-12 school facilities and $2  billion for community college facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-005

Proposition 36 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Proposition  36 would increase local criminal justice costs in two main ways. Net Increase in County Jail and Community Supervision Population. In some ways, Proposition  36 would reduce the jail and community supervision population.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=36&year=2024