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

Oct 9, 2017 - Of Northern California ’s 40  counties, 13 (Butte, Del Norte, Glenn, Lake, Lassen, Merced, San Joaquin, Sierra, Siskiyou, Stanislaus, Tehama, Trinity, and Yuba) had per capita personal income levels of under $ 40,000 in 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-018

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

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

Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - Some local governments i n California —Berkeley, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Leandro —use an alternative voting method referred to as ranked-choice voting. Under ranked-choice voting, voters rank candidates from their first to last choice.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

Health insurer financial reserves. [Ballot]

Jan 5, 2018 - Insurers regulated by CDI do not currently calculate minimum TNE thresholds and do not report their TNE levels, but would be newly required to report this information to C DI under the provisions of this measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-048

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

The President of California Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - In California, the Gove rnor has  many powers and responsibilities, including:   signing into law or vetoing  legislation passed by the Legislature, preparing and submitting to the Legislature an annual budget detailing state governmental revenues and expenditures, and nominating individu als to serve in high ranking positions in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-013

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

Child custody hearings. [Ballot]

Feb 23, 2017 - On the other hand, the measure could reduce court costs to the extent that the ability to demand a jury trial serves as an incentive for individuals to (1) resolve child custody di sputes outside of court or (2) reach agreement on custody decisions more quickly —thereby reducing court involvement and workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-001

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