Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - Fiscal Effects Measure Would Bring in Between $5  Billion and $15  Billion Each Year. The amount of money brought in by this measure is hard to predict and will go up and down with the economy. This is because much of the revenue comes from taxing investment income and capital gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - Most of this money came from hospital operations, campus services (such as housing, dining, and parking), and other nonstate sources. The state contributed about $5  billion, and students paid about $4  billion in tuition.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - These wealth tax revenues probably would add up to tens of billions of dollars spread over severa l years. Likely ongoing decrease in state income tax revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars or more per year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Since the state has to pay interest on the money it borrows, the total cost of the bond would be about 10 percent more (after adjusting for inflation) than if the state paid up front with money it already has.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

Proposition 2 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Since the state has to pay interest on the money it borrows, the total cost of the bond would be about 10  percent more (after adjusting for inflation) than if the state paid up front with money it already has.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=2&year=2024

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

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Jan 21, 2026 - Over the first few years, sch ools and other local governments would lose between $12 billion and $20 billion annually. Over time, these revenue losses would grow by 5 to 10 percent per year. About half of the revenue losses would go to cities, counties, and special districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-035

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

Jan 20, 2026 - This includes a criminal fine and/or up to one year in jail for deliberately not complying with the requirements of this measure. It also includes civil penalties for specific types of violations. These range from up to $25,000 per month for failing to file required reports to up to $20 million for “evasion ” of the measure ’s requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-032

Statewide Tax on sugar-sweetened drinks. [Ballot]

Aug 21, 2018 - It sets aside up to 5 percent of the revenue for the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration to administer the tax and up to $400,000 per year for the California State Auditor to conduct financial audits of the agencies that receive revenue from the tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-004

Home building and downpayment assistance. [Ballot]

Oct 6, 2025 - To be eligible for a mortgage, lenders generally require homebuyers to provide a downpayment, which is an up-front lump sum —traditionally equal to about 20  percent of the sales price —toward the purchase of a home.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-013