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

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - In addition, the measure changes the time lines and fees associated with a request, in cluding: Time Line. Requiring all government entities to (1)  determine whether they possess disclosable records within ten calendar days or 14 calendar days under “extraordinary ” circumstances that the measure specifies does not include a search of a large number of
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - LSEs generate or purchase electricity from a variety of sources and distribute it to households and businesses using an interconnected network of transmission lines and power connections (referred to as the electricity grid).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - Bottom Line: Annual Government Costs Likely Ranging From the Low Tens of Millions of Dollars to the High Hundreds of Millions of Dollars. As noted earlier, state and local governments pay for tens of billions of dollars of health care services annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

Water supply. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - These changes include shortening the time line for litigation following completion of a CEQA review, imposing a 90-day time line for the Coastal Commission to review and decide upon permit applications, prohibiting the Coastal Commission from requesting any new or revised environmental reviews t o inform its decisions, and authorizing the Secretary of the
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-014

Constitutional initiative related to medical marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 8, 2015 - Impedes a patient 's ability to obtain, transport, or cultivate marijuana, so long as (1)  the method of obtaining, cultivating, or transporting marijuana is consistent with the business practices and/or cultivation practices used for other non-prohibited flora in the l aw ’s jurisdiction, and (2) no medical marijuana business or cultivation activities occur within 600  feet of a K-12 school, unless approved by local authorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-044

Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - To the extent that this results in fewer lawsuits being filed against public projects —such as government-sponsored affordable housing, water, or electric utility projects —this could shorten project time lines and reduce the costs incurred by public entities to complete these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

Proposition 16 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - State law also has a number of antidiscrimination provisions that are similar to those in federal l aw. Policies and Programs Created or Modified After Proposition  209. After voters approved Proposition  209, some public entities in California created or modified policies and programs to instead consider characteristics not banned by Proposition  209.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=16&year=2020

Proposition 35 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - In line with these rules, Proposition  35 temporarily increases the limit by the size of the health plan tax for four years. After the temporary increase ends, the long-term effect of the proposition on the state ’s spending limit is uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=35&year=2024

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Most of the remaining money would pay for building infrastructure such as transmission lines to carry electricity long distances ($325  million). The rest of the money would pay for projects to build large batteries that store electricity for when it is needed ($50  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024