Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - Impedes a patient 's ability to obtain, transport, or cultivate marijuana, so long as (1)  the method of obtaining, cultivating, or transporting marijuana is consistent with the business practices and/or cultivation practices used for other non-prohibited flora in the l aw ’s jurisdiction, and (2) no medical marijuana business or cultivation activities occur within 600  feet of a K-12 school, unless approved by local authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

Proposition 16 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - State law also has a number of antidiscrimination provisions that are similar to those in federal l aw. Policies and Programs Created or Modified After Proposition  209. After voters approved Proposition  209, some public entities in California created or modified policies and programs to instead consider characteristics not banned by Proposition  209.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=16&year=2020

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana [Ballot]

Jun 11, 2015 - This is because many individuals who are currently purchasing marijuana illegally could begin purchasing it legally under state l aw at businesses that collect such taxes. In addition, the state would also receive revenue from excise taxes imposed on recreational marijuana by the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-024

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - As noted previously, when Medi-Cal has paid for health benefits provided to a beneficiary injured by medical malpractice, it may recover a portion of medical malpractice damages aw arded to the beneficiary to reimburse the state costs of these benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 22, 2015 - Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that federal authorities could continue under federal l aw to prosecute California patients and providers engaged in the cultivation and use of marijuana for medical purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-103

Drug and theft crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2023 - For example, under curren t law, possession of certain drugs (such as cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine) for personal use while being armed with a loaded firearm is a felony punishable by up to four year s in prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-017

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

Amend the California Constitution to generally require physicians to notify the parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 16 before performing an abortion on that minor, with certain exceptions.

Oct 30, 2015 - For all provisions of this measure, an unemancipated minor is defined as being a female under the age of 16 who has not entered into a valid marriage, is not on active duty in the armed services of the United States, and has not been declared free from her parents ’ or guardians ’ custody and control under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-063

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2015 - The measure defines an unemancipated minor as being a female  under  the age of 18 who has not entered  into a valid marriage, is not on active duty in the armed services of the United States, and has not been declared free from  her parents ' or guardians ' custody and control  under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-013

Amend the California Constitution to generally require physicians to notify the parent or guardian of a minor under the age of 16 before performing an abortion on that minor, with certain exceptions.

Oct 30, 2015 - For all provisions of this measure, an unemancipated minor is defined as being a female under the age of 16 who has not entered into a valid marriage, is not on active duty in the armed services of the United States, and has not been declared free from her parents ’ or guardians ’ custody and control under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-062