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

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2021 - The measure specifies that health care practitioners may use psilocybin for treatment purposes —including to treat people under the age of  21 —subject to certain limits, such as requiring practitioners to obtain specialized certifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-005

Oversight of certain nonprofit charities and related entities. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - For example, a fee of up to $250,000 could be charged annually to issue certification that a covered entity complies with this measure ’s requirements, the new oversight board, and any conversion agreements with DOJ.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-032

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

Jan 20, 2026 - Reviewing protection plans required of regulated entities that address specified categories of potential harm, including workforce displacement, safety risks, and loss of human con trol, and issuing, modifying, or revoking annual certifications based on commission-identified demonstrated best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The degree to which this would occur depends on future decisions and are not known. Summary of Fiscal Impacts. We estimate that the measure would have the following fiscal effects: Unknown Fiscal Effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

Ethnic studies course at the California State University. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - About 90 percent of CSU undergraduate students do not currently complete an upper-division ethnic studies course and most graduate students do not complete an ethnic studies course during their postbaccalaureate-degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-003

This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. [Ballot]

Mar 25, 2025 - The measure would increase costs for public schools to the degree they purchase new instructional materials and adjust lesson plans. For example, schools might need to purchase additional materials to incorporate hands-on learning into their instruction, such as more equipment for experiments and outdoor learning activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

Online education at the University of California. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2017 - In addition to UC, the state has two other public higher education segments: (1) the California State University (CSU), which provides instruction and grants degrees generally through the master ’s degree; and (2) the California Community Colleges (CCC), which provide lower-division undergraduate instruction and grant associate degrees and industry certificates.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-025

Proposed statutory initiative related to immigration. [Ballot]

Jun 7, 2018 - Most recently, in 2017 the Legislature enacted Chapter  495 (SB  54, de Le ón) to limit the ability of law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. (Most of these limitations do not apply to state prisons.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-002

California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - To be eligible, the applicants wou ld need to establish that they meet various qualifications, including (among others): receiving signature nomination by one hundred registered voters, establishing California resid ency for at least five years, and having earned a degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010