Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - Some local governments i n California —Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Leandro —use an alternative voting method referred to as ranked-choice voting. Under ranked-choice voting, voters rank candidates from their first to last choice.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

Splitting California into three new U.S. states. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - The per capita personal income of the new state of Northern California was about $63,000 in 2015 —ranking it approximately 2 nd among all the states by this measure, or about $6,000 below top-ranked Connecticut.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-018

The President of California Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - In California, the Gove rnor has  many powers and responsibilities, including:   signing into law or vetoing  legislation passed by the Legislature, preparing and submitting to the Legislature an annual budget detailing state governmental revenues and expenditures, and nominating individu als to serve in high ranking positions in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-013

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - To be eligible for UC admission, entering freshmen must have completed certain high school courses, generally have obtained high grade point averages (GPA), and generally rank among the top of their graduating high school class.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

State sales tax and teacher compensation. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2017 - The commission establishes the annual salary for legislators (among other high -ranking state officials). Since 1990, legislative pay has increased on average by 2.5  percent per year. Effective December 4, 2017, non-leadership members of the Legislature will earn $107,242 per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-021

Proposition 51 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - Instead, the Chancellor of the community college system ranks all submitted facility projects using a scoring system. Projects for which community colleges contribute more local funds receive more points under the scoring system.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=51&year=2016

Public sector unions and collective bargaining. [Ballot]

Sep 28, 2021 - For example, state employees who are excluded from collective bargaining typ ically receive the same salary increases received by rank-and-file employees of the same job-type. This is done in order to avoid “salary compaction, ” where the difference between rank-and-file and management salaries is not large enough to create an incentive for employees to take on the additional responsibilities of management.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-008