App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - In addition, the measure likely would increase the number of people who earn income from driving. This is because companies would hire more drivers if drivers work as independent contractors. Some of these people likely would earn no income or less income if they did not have the option to work as app-based drivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Because people would take more rides and place more orders, drivers as a group would earn more income. This means state income taxes paid by drivers would increase. Californians who own rideshare and delivery company stock also may earn more when they sell the stock.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

Home building and downpayment assistance. [Ballot]

Oct 6, 2025 - The requirements include being a resident of the state for at least one year, agreeing to occupy the home as a primary residence within 60 days of purchase, and having a family income of no more than 200  percent of the area median income (AMI). (100  percent of AMI represents the midpoint of a region 's income distribution, where half the population earns more and half earns less.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-013

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - California billionaires, like all those earning money in the state, currently pay state taxes on their annual income. How billionaires respond to a new wealth tax could indirectly reduce their income tax payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - In some years, the state could face add itional cost pressures to provide money to schools to offset their revenue losses. Effects on County Administrative Costs. County governments administer the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - This tax is applied to the amount a person bets. Additionally, the measure authorizes DOSBC to take va rious enforcement actions, including requiring people making such bets to register with DOSBC, requiring entities illegally offering online sports wagering to disclose the names of people who make wagers with them, and blocking access to illegal sites accepting sports wagers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

Prohibit new taxes on financial assets and other personal property. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - An example is a tax on money someone earned two years ago. Fiscal Effect Possibility That Tax Revenues Will Be Lower in the Future. The measure restricts the options the state and local governments have to raise taxes in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-041

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - In some years, the state could face add itional cost pressures to provide money to schools to offset their revenue losses. Effects on County Administrative Costs. County governments administer the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005