Peace officer use of force. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2021 - Peace officers can also be sued in federal court. However, federal courts have ruled that peace officers have certain immunities that limit their liability to such lawsuits. For example, if officers did not violate a person ’s clearly established constitutional right with their actions, the officers cannot be sued in federal court for those actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-010

Limitations of the activities of holocaust denial organizations. [Ballot]

Nov 20, 2015 - If the measure could be implemented legally, the annual cost to state-funded educational institutions is unlikely to be significant statewide, but the cost for a particular local government in a particular year might be significant if it is sued and found to have violated the provisions of the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-073

Death penalty. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2015 - As previously discussed, it is generally more expensive to house an inmate under a death sentence than an inmate subject to life without the possibility of parole, due to higher and more expensive security measures to house and su pervise inmates sentenced to death.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-066

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - The state Attorney General recently sued two rideshare companies to force them to hire drivers as employees. If the courts agree with the Attorney General, the companies will have to hire drivers as employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

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

Immigration. (Amendment #1) [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2015 - The measure also prohibits state and local law enforcement agencies from releasing individuals for whom detainers have been is sued and requires these agencies to detain them to facilitate their transfer to federal custody (generally up to 48 hours beyond their release date under federal law).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-099

Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

Oct 28, 2021 - To the extent that the measure results in a su bstantial number of jury trials for jurisdictional hearings, these costs could potentially reach the low millions of dollars annually. However, some or all of the county costs resu lting from increased workload could potentially be shifted to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-019

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency. [Ballot]

Mar 17, 2021 - To the extent that the measure results in a su bstantial number of jury trials for jurisdictional hearings, these costs could potentially reach the low millions of dollars annually. However, some or all of the county costs resu lting from increased workload could potentially be shifted to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-001

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency [Ballot]

Feb 18, 2020 - To the extent that the measure results in a su bstantial number of jury trials for jurisdictional hearings, these costs could potentially reach the low millions of dollars annually. However, some or all of the county costs resu lting from increased workload could potentially be shifted to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-033

Raising the personal income taxes for certain households to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This includes programs to promote light-duty ZEVs (such as cars and passenger trucks), medium-duty ZEVs (su ch as delivery vans), heavy-duty ZEVs (such as large commercial trucks), and off-road equipment (such as agricultural equipment).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-037