Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - The net fiscal impact of the ind irect effects of the measure is unknown at this time. Summary of Fiscal Effects. We estimate that the measure would have the following major, direct fiscal effect: Increased state costs of about $500 million annually for 25 years to repay the bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

Child custody. Amendment #1. [Ballot]

Jun 2, 2016 - In addition, the measure could also potentially result in ind ividuals who otherwise would have reached agreement in an uncontested case now choosing to go to court. The costs of such jury trials could be partially offset by fees courts are currently authorized to charge when there is a jury.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2016-003

Proposition 16 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - State and local entities had employment and recruitment policies intended to increase the hiring of people of color and women. The state also established programs to increase the participation of women-owned and minority-owned businesses in public contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=16&year=2020

Proposed constitutional initiative related to gaming activities. [Ballot]

Aug 1, 2018 - These casinos are regulated by ind ividual tribal gaming agencies, CGCC, and DOJ. The state and local governments receive revenues from authorized gaming activities in different ways. For example, cardrooms and their owners along with winnings are subject to sta te and local taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-003

Definition of the term “person” for purposes of Article I, Section 7 of the State Constitution. [Ballot]

Nov 20, 2015 - Belous ) that “there are major and decisive areas where the embryo and fetus are not treated as equivalent to the born child. ” The court found that under both the California and United States Constitutions, women have a fundamental right to choose whether to bear children, and only a compelling state interest, such as protecting women ’s lives, could subject that right to regulation.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-072

Proposed constitutional initiative regarding how Californians vote and the composition of the State Senate. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2019 - Single- vs. Multimember Districts. An electoral district is a geographic boundary. The residents who live within an electoral district elect a person or multiple people to represent their interests in an elected go vernmental body.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-013

Abortion. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2017 - Supreme Court held that: (1)  women generally have a right under the U.S. Constitution to terminate a pregnancy by abortion prior to at least the end of the first trimester (in a subsequent case, the court cla rified that this right was permitted to be exercised up to the point of fetal viability) and (2) state criminal abortion laws violate the “due process clause ” of the 14 th Amendment of the U.S.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-008

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 - This means transgender girls and women would not be able to participate in athletic programs and activities designated for biological females. (Schools, colleges, and universities could still allow transgender boys and men to participate in athletic programs and activities designated for biological males.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

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 - This means transgender girls and women would not be able to participate in athletic programs and activities designated for biological females. The prohibition would apply to both public and private institutions and schools serving any students from grades 7 to 12 and colleges and universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

Death penalty. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2015 - Condemned male inmates generally are housed at San Quentin State Prison (on death row), while condemned female inmates are housed at the Central California Women ’s Facility in Chowchilla. The state currently has various security regulations and procedures that result in increased security costs for these inmates.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-066