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

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2015 - These costs would typically not be significant compared to total state spending for CalWORKs, which is estimated to cost about $5.6 billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15. Under these circumstances, there could also be a minor increase in child welfare and foster care costs for the state and counties.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-013

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act—Version 2 [Ballot]

Feb 9, 2015 - These costs would typically not be significant compared to total state spending for CalWORKs, which is estimated to cost about $5.6  billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15. Under these circumstances, there could also be a minor increase in child welfare and foster care costs for the state and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-014

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - On the other hand, trial courts could receive an increased number of appeals of Labor Com missioner decisions or an increased number of class-action lawsuits or other civil filings that otherwise would have been pursued as PAGA lawsuits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - To limit these new costs, rideshare and delivery com panies might hire fewer drivers. These companies also would eventually increase fares and delivery charges to make up for their new costs. Responses by Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 23, 2015 - Department of Justice (DOJ) is not to prosecute marijuana users and businesses that act in com pliance with state and local marijuana laws so long as those laws are written and enforced in a manner that upholds federal priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104