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

Jan 20, 2026 - If such changes affect company profits or employment levels in California, it would affect state and local tax revenues. Whether this woul d occur is uncertain. Summary of Major Fiscal Effects. 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

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - For example, a high school math teacher would hold a single subject teaching credential in math. No specific credential exists for personal finance educators. Some districts that offer personal finance courses are taught by teachers with social science credentials, but this is not an explicit state requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - The measure requires the IQC to review AI literacy content within three of the state ’s curriculum frameworks —math, science, and history-social science —and recommend revisions every three years. It also requires that any approved AI literacy content be made available for free on the State Board of Education ’s website.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

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

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - To the extent that programs were to adopt the State Auditor ’s recommendations in an audit, the measure could result in savings or improved services at existing funding levels. The degree to which this would occur depends on future decisions and are not known.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - (Under current law, if an EIR is required, the lead agency must develop and consider a range of reasonable alternatives to the project or its location to avoid or reduce environmental impacts to less than significant level s.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - The measure includes provisions that increase the level of legal and financial responsibility to which rideshare companies would be subject. Specifically, it would: Classify Rideshare Companies as Common Carriers With Higher Level of Legal Responsibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The total level of these state costs would vary year-to-year but would likely range from the millions to tens of millions of dollars annually. Other Fiscal Effects. The measure could have additional fiscal effects on state and local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036