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

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

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

Jan 20, 2026 - These plans would describe how companies intend to fulfill their stated p ublic benefit or humanitarian commitments, ensure safety and human oversight of AI systems, and address governance and concentration-of-power concerns.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

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

Temporary tax increases. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - People who want to raise taxes using an initiative first have voters sign a p etition for the initiative. If enough voters sign the petition, the initiative is put up for a vote as a ballot proposition.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-037

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

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

Jan 20, 2026 - In addition, certain p rivate individuals and organizations may bring civil actions to enforce compliance by regulated entities that have violated the measure ’s requirements. Creates California AI Safety Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - Several major parts of these laws were put in place by voters with the passage of P roposition  103 in 1988. Insurers Must Get Rate Increases Approved. Most insurers in California, including those covering homes or automobiles, cannot increase their rates without getting approval from the California Department of Insurance (CDI).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

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

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

Dec 10, 2025 - The lead agency releases the draft EIR for p ublic comment and must respond to all public comments before issuing a final EIR. Approve the Environmental Review Document and Project. The lead agency decides on whether to approve the environmental document and ultimately whether to approve the project or an alternative to the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023