Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - To be eligible to register to vote, a person must be a U.S. citi zen, be a resident of California, not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony or found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and be at le ast 18 years old.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Innocent Human Life [Ballot]

Feb 2, 2015 - Pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 9005 of the Elections Code, as such subsection was in effect prior to January 1, 2015, we are informing you that, in our opinion, a reasonab le estimate of the net impact of this proposed initiative measure cannot be prepared within 25 working days from the date this proposed initiative was received.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-012

Proposition 3 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Proposition 3 [Ballot] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=3&year=2024

Theft crimes. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2022 - We estimate that the resulting increase in county court-related costs could be around several million dollars annually, depending on the actual number of peop le affected by the measure. In total, we estimate that the measure could increase county criminal justice system costs in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-041

Juvenile dependency proceedings. [Ballot]

Jun 17, 2021 - Child welfare departments are often represented by county attorneys in juveni le dependency proceedings. There are roughly 40,000 juvenile dependency filings annually statewide. After a petition is filed, the court will hold various hearings as required by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-004

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - The measure prohibits the Le gislature from charging requestors any other fees. Requires Retention of Legislative Records for Specified Period. The measure requires the Legislature to retain legislative records for at least five years, unless a longer retention period is specified by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

Local Government Control [Ballot]

Sep 15, 2020 - For examp le, this could happen if the state increases access to court services in ways that require local entities that are involved in court proceedings, such as district attorneys, to inc rease staffing levels to be available for court proceedings or to process more cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-002

Consumer privacy. [Ballot]

Dec 1, 2017 - For examp le, retailers will often use the personal information they collect to improve their marketing efforts and, in some cases, sell such information to third party businesses to use for their marketing efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-039

Consumer privacy [Ballot]

Oct 23, 2017 - For examp le, retailors will often use the personal information they collect to improve their marketing efforts and, in some cases, sell such information to third party businesses to use for their marketing efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-027

California Public Utilities Commission and wildfires. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2021 - The State Fire Chief is required to develop guidelines for how and when the funds will be made availab le to victims. The measure also requires the Legislature to continuously appropriate monies sufficient to replenish the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-020