Nonpartisan elections for congressional and state elective offices. [Ballot]

Oct 14, 2015 - Candidates for nomination or election to congressional and state elective offices (with the exception of the Superintendent of Public Instruction) may have their political party pr eference indicated on the ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-053

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - California law requires D HCS to submit a plan to increase service levels in specified categories and states intent for the Legislature to make these decisions as part of the annual state budget approval pr ocess in 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Changes in California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jul 10, 2017 - Section 1 of Article III of the current State Constitution pr ovides that California “is an inseparable part of the United States of America. ” The State Constitution provides that the U.S. Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-005

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Jun 29, 2023 - However, the measure would increase state and local government costs due to pr ocessing petitions for the sealing of psilocybin-related convictions. In total, we estimate that the measure would likely result in a net reduction in costs of less than a few mill ion dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-004

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

State parole for elderly inmates. [Ballot]

Jul 19, 2017 - Given that some individuals who could be released as a result of the measure would be supervised by county probation departments, the measure would also increase the size of the pr obation population somewhat resulting in minor county costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-006

Proposed vote on California becoming an independent country. [Ballot]

Jan 11, 2017 - Section 1 of Article III of the current State Constitution pr ovides that California “is an inseparable part of the United States of America. ” This section of the State Constitution also states that the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2016-011

Voting rights for individuals in prison and under parole supervision. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2017 - This is because in these counties, pr ison inmates would represent a sizable increase in eligible voters. State Would Incur Prison-Related Costs. The state also would incur prison costs related to assisting inmates with voting, distributing vote-by-mail ballots, collecting ballots, and providing postage to indigent inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-023

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

Oct 9, 2017 - The California Supreme Court, for example, has ruled that the voter initiative pr ocess may not provide the required state legislative approval to call for a U.S. constitutional convention. Proposal Statutory Measure to Split California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-018

Local Government Control [Ballot]

Sep 15, 2020 - Following realignment, those with no current or pr ior convictions for serious, violent, or sex offenses are generally ineligible for state prison. Instead, they serve their sentences under county jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-002