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

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

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

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

Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - For example, private schools develop their own curriculum and goals for student learning, including graduation requirements and any required testing. State Has a Few Basic Requirements for Private Schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Applied and clinical research, which is mostly conducted by industry, u se that knowledge to develop and test treatments for specific medical conditions . The R &D process then continues through regulatory review and, finally, implementation —when new treatments reach patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

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

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - For example, the law requires school district students to take standardized tests in several subjects, specifies the courses that students must complete to earn a high school diploma, and specifies the reasons a district may suspend or expel a student.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

High-quality public schools (Version 1). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 2023 - For example, the law requires school district students to take standardized tests in several subjects, specifies the courses that students must complete to earn a high school dipl oma, and specifies the reasons a district may suspend or expel a student.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-009

High-quality public schools (Version 2). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 2023 - For example, the law requires school district students to take standardized tests in several subjects, specifies the courses that students must complete to earn a high school dipl oma, and specifies the reasons a district may suspend or expel a student.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-010