Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2017 - They are looking at two options: Beach Home. The couple could buy a beach home for $700,000. Under the measure, the assessed value of the beach home would be $175,000: $75,000 (assessed value of their prior home) plus $100,0 00 ($700,000 [the new home ’s market value] minus $600,000 [the prior home ’s market value]).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-013

Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Uniquely, the City of Long Beach in Los Angeles County also has rights to certain oil reserves. While only a small portion of oil extraction comes from publicly owned reserves, the state and city both directly receive a portion of the annual revenue generated from extracting these reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

Revenue from paper and reusable carryout bag sales. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2015 - This law does not replace existing local ordinances, and, there fore, only applies to cities and counties that do not already have their own single-use carryout bag ordinances. Referendum on State Ban.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-074

Proposition 65 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - The fund would be used to support grants for programs and projects related to (1)  drought mitigation; (2)  recycling; (3)  clean drinking water supplies; (4)  state, regional, and local parks; (5)  beach cleanup; (6)  litter removal; and (7)  wildlife habitat restoration.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=65&year=2016

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

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

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - Charter City-Only Transfer Taxes. Court decisions in the early 1990s determined charter cities could impose their own transfer tax on the sale of real property. Charter cities can set their own transfer tax rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Charter City-Only Transfer Taxes. Court decisions in the early 1990s determined charter cities could impose their own transfer tax on the sale of real property. Charter cities can set their own transfer tax rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Charter City-Only Transfer Taxes. Court decisions in the early 1990s determined charter cities could impose their own transfer tax on the sale of real property. Charter cities can set their own transfer tax rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Jan 21, 2026 - About half of the revenue losses would go to cities, counties, and special districts. The other half would go to schools. In some years, the state could face additional cost pressures to provide mon ey to schools to offset their revenue losses.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-035