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

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

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - When the body ’s immune system has problems, conditions such as autoimmune disorders and cancers can arise. (Common autoimmune disorders include Type 1 diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis, and hypothyroidism.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

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

Jan 20, 2026 - Reviewing notices of proposed AI capability expansions and, in limited circumstances and subject to timelines and conditions specified in the measure, delaying such expansions. Issuing emergency orders to address imminent catastrophic harm, conducting investigations and audits, and certifying independent evaluators.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - The amount of time needed to reach this point could be shorter or longer depending upon a few conditions, including the borrower default rate on the home loans and the future housing market conditions in different in areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - For some professions —such as doctors, teachers, and attorneys —people must undergo more thorough state and federal fingerprint background checks conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) as a condition of their licensing and employment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-029

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

The right to boycott or engage in other activities to express opposition to the policies of the state of Israel toward Palestinians. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - Additionally, certain federal entities have considered or implemented policies either exp licitly or implicitly prohibiting boycotts of Israel as a condition of receiving grant monies in recent months.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-011