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 66 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - (There is another measure on this ballot —Proposition  62 —that also relates to the death penalty. Proposition  62 would eliminate the death penalty for first degree murder.) Requires Habeas Corpus Petitions First Be Heard in Trial Courts The measure requires that habeas corpus petitions first be heard in trial courts instead of the California Supreme Court.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=66&year=2016

Proposition 62 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - Proposition 62 [Ballot]   Yes/No Statement A YES vote on this measure means: No offenders could be sentenced to death by the state for first degree murder. The most serious penalty available would be a prison term of life without the possibility of parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=62&year=2016

The extraction and recovery of oil and gas, as well as fossil fuel consumption. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - For example, the amount of oil p roduced in 2020 represents a 62  percent decrease from the state ’s peak production in 1985. California ’s oil fields are concentrated mainly in the southern coastal regions and in the San Joaquin Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-028

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

Proposed statutory initiative that would increase excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. It also creates a new excise tax on the distribution of electronic cigarett

Jun 23, 2015 - In 2009, this tax was increased by 62 cents per pack (to a total of $1.01 per pack) to help fund the Children ’s Health Insurance Program, which provides subsidized health insurance coverage to children in low-income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-029

Proposed statutory initiative that increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. [Ballot]

Jun 23, 2015 - In 2009, this tax was increased by 62 cents per pack (to a total of $1.01 per pack) to help fund the Children ’s Health Insurance Program, which provides subsidized health insurance coverage to children in low-income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-030

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

Increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products and applies the tobacco products excise tax to electronic cigarettes (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2015 - In 2009, this tax was increased by 62 cents per pack (to a total of $1.01 per pack) to help fund the Children ’s Health Insurance Program, which provides subsidized health insurance coverage to children in low-income families.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-081

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