App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - Background App-Based Rideshare and Delivery App-Based Rideshare and Delivery. Some companies now allow customers, using a smartphone application ( “app ”), to hire someone to provide a service. The most common work done this way is personal transportation ( “ridesharing ”) and food delivery.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Proposition 22 [Ballot] EXEMPTS APP-BASED TRANSPORTATION AND DELIVERY COMPANIES FROM PROVIDING EMPLOYEE BENEFITS TO CERTAIN DRIVERS. INITIATIVE STATUTE.   Yes/No Statement A YES vote on this measure means: App-based rideshare and delivery companies could hire drivers as independent contractors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - The special rules for vacation homes and business properties only app lied to the first $1  million of combined property value. Proposition  19 narrowed these special rules. The rules now only apply to two types of properties: (1)  homes that a child or grandchild uses as a primary residence and (2)  farms.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Medical R &D. Approximately 65 percent of medical R &D funding in the United States comes from private industry. The federal government is the next largest contributor, accounting for about 25 percent of R &D funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - For example, CDI would have one-time costs for rulemaking and ongoing costs to review waiver r equests from insurers. These costs could be paid by CDI charging insurers additional fees. Changes in Insurance Tax Revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - For example, California-based companies could make changes to their r esearch, development, or investment decisions in response to the measure ’s oversight and compliance requirements. If such changes affect company profits or employment levels in California, it would affect state and local tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Oversight of certain frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - For example, California-based companies could make changes to their r esearch, development, or investment decisions in response to the measure ’s oversight and compliance requirements. If such changes affect company profits or employment levels in California, it would affect state and local tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - The special rules for vacation homes and business properties only app lied to the first $1  million of combined property value. Proposition  19 narrowed these special rules. The rules now only apply to two types of properties: (1)  homes that a child or grandchild uses as a primary residence and (2)  farms.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

Research and development involving certain psychedelic substances (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 7, 2023 - R &D Is Funded by a Few Main Sources. Both the private and public sectors fund R &D. Private businesses collectively contribute the greatest amount toward R &D. In 2021, businesses collectively contributed nearly 75  percent of the estimated $792  billion in R &D funding nationally.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013

Taxpayer protection and government accountability. [Ballot]

Jan 19, 2022 - Any state tax app roved between January 1, 2022 and the effective date of this measure would be nullified unless it fulfills the requirements of the measure. Requirements for Approving Local Taxes . Whether sought by the local governing body or the electorate, the measure establishes the same approval requirements for increasing local special taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-042