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

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - Under this law, certain operating system providers and application stores must provide age-range signals —information indicating a user ’s general age category (for example, under 13, 13-17, or 18+) —that application developers can use to apply age-based requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

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

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - For children under age 13, parental consent is required. This includes information related to a minor ’s online activity and images of the minor. State Requirements for Operators of Companion Chatbots.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

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

Use of school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and student participation in athletic programs and activities based on their gender identity. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary persons in California, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates about 200,000 of the state ’s 33  million population aged 13 years and over (less than 1  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

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

A New Hope for California [Ballot]

Apr 13, 2015 - Within 12 months of its first meeting or July 1, 2018, whichever date comes first, the panel would report on its findings from the public hearings and the effects of establishing California as an independent region within the Unite d States.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-006

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

Oct 20, 2025 - About half of this spending is for K-12 schools, community colleges, and the state ’s public universities. (The amount spent on K-12 schools and community colleges is set by the State Constitution.) About another one-third of state spending is for health and huma n services programs, mainly for the state ’s health insurance program for low-income residents, Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary persons in California, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates about 200,000 of the state ’s 33  million population aged 13 years and over (less than 1  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027