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

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

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

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

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 23, 2015 - Department of Justice (DOJ) is not to prosecute marijuana users and businesses that act in com pliance with state and local marijuana laws so long as those laws are written and enforced in a manner that upholds federal priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104

Limiting government powers during a public health emergency. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2020 - This includes emergency declarations related to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in 2020, Hepatitis A in 2017, H1N1 influenza virus in 2009, and the West Nile virus in 2007. Similarly, local governments can declare a local state of emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-004

Public sector unions and collective bargaining. [Ballot]

Sep 28, 2021 - For example, the rate of accrual for a typical state worker hired before 2007 who retires at the age of 55 years is 2 percent per year. If this employee earns $60,000 in their final year of service before retiri ng after working 18 years for the state, the employee will retire with an annual pension of $21,600 (18 x .02 x 60,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-008

Death penalty. [Ballot]

Dec 9, 2015 - Accordingly, CDCR began in 2007 to revise its regulations related to execution procedures. While CDCR completed this process in 2010, the state courts ruled that CDCR did not appropriately follow the procedures outlined in the state ’s Administrative Procedures Act, which requires state agencies to engage in certain activities to provide the public with a meaningful opportunity
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-096

A proposed constitutional and statutory initiative related to poverty reduction. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2015 - While the SMI that is used to determine eligibility has not been updated since 2007-08, it is still much higher than the federal poverty level (FPL). For example, for a family of three (either two parents and on e child or one parent and two children), the current SMI cap is $42,216 whereas the 2015 FPL for a family of three is $20,090.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-043