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

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

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

Funding for state and local air quality regulatory agencies. [Ballot]

Jan 24, 2020 - Air districts regulate stationary sources of emissions —such as factories and refineries —and operate incentive programs to encourage emission reductions in their jurisdictions. Two air districts in California are designated extreme nonattainment of the 1997 federal air quality standards for ozone —the San Joaquin Valley Air
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-032

Transportation and high-speed rail. [Ballot]

Nov 14, 2018 - This measure would not increase or decrease state revenues from traffic and vehicle violations. However, the measure would shift up to hundreds of millions of dollars annually to vehicle and traffic programs from various programs not related to traffic and vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-010

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure also prohibits the use of design practices that interfer e with a child ’s or a parent ’s ability to find, understand, or use safety features, privacy controls, or parental controls. Increases State Regulatory and Audit Oversight.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

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

Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - For example, a local government could impose a development fee on a new housing project to pay for the costs of expanding water and sewer lines and adding lanes to roads to support more traffic. (Under current law, fees to mitigate the im pact of traffic are often calculated based on vehicle miles traveled —an estimate of the total additional miles driven by all drivers in the area as a result of the project.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

Oversight of certain frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - If initial registration fees are insufficient to establish the commission, the State Controller may advance up to $10 million from the General Fund, to be repaid with interes t within three years of the first annual assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - The legislation also limited the authority of local air districts, which are responsible for regional air quality monitoring, planning, and the regulation of stationary sources o f air pollution. Specifically, local air districts are prohibited from directly regulating GHG emissions from any sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012