Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - As shown in the figure below, the amount of money in the LDF at the end of the year has grown significantly over the past decade —reaching $ 633  m illion at the end of 2019 ‑20. This is because funds remain in the LDF until DOJ decides to make an allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

^[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

This means the state might not receive new revenue when people spend less on those things so they could make sports bets. „ State revenues from sports betting payments and penalties would go into the COSBTF.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

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

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

^[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Some of this revenue would be new—such as from people making sports bets legally rather than illegally. However, some of this revenue would be a shift from existing state revenues. For example, the state currently receives revenue when people spend money on certain things, such as lottery games or shopping.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Authorizes Actions Against Illegal Online Sports Wagering. The measure imposes a 15  percent tax on people in California who illegally make online sports wagers. This tax is applied to the amount a person bets.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

^[PDF] Online sports wagering.

Authorizes Actions Against Illegal Online Sports Wagering. The measure imposes a 15 percent tax on people in California who illegally make online sports wagers. This tax is applied to the amount a person bets.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210494.pdf

^[PDF] Authorization of Online Poker in California

For example, the type of bet or wager must be authorized by state law and cannot violate certain federal laws. In addition, rules and regulations must be adopted to prevent minors and non-state residents from partici- pating in online gambling.  At this time, there are bills pending in Congress to legalize online gambling across
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/state_admin/2010/Online_Poker_02_09_10.pdf

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - The UC employees who receive these home loans make monthly payments to UC to pay down the associated debt over time. UC Borrows From an Internal Account to Cover Program Costs. Typically, UC borrows some funds from its Short-Term Investment Pool (STIP) to issue home loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - However, the state ’s ability to require tribes to make payments to state and local governments is generally limited to state and local governmental costs resulting from the authorization, regulation, and oversight of gaming activities; compensation to mitigate the negative impacts of gaming; and distribution to other tribes, among other things.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031