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

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

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

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

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ballot off at a b allot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location. Of the about 16  million people who voted in California in the November 2024 Presidential General Election, about 13  million voted using a VBM ballot and about 3  million voted in person at a voting location.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Estate taxes and financial aid for college. [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2017 - Funds first would be used to provide tuition coverage in the first year of college for Cal Grant B recipients and eliminate two Cal G rant B entitlement criteria —the requirements that students be recent high school graduates and meet academic criteria.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-038

The California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act (Amendment #1-S) [Ballot]

Mar 3, 2015 - Additional litigation related to Measure B seems likely. Whether Measure B will be enforced on a widespread basis is unclear. Testing Regimen Preferred by Parts of Adult Film Industry. Some adult film productions currently require or allow performers to wear condoms.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-004

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ballot off at a b allot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location. If a voter chooses to vote in person, they must sign a list of registered voters prior to voting.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016