Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - (This one county is San Francisco, which instead imposes the tax discussed in the next paragraph.) 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Given a limitation on transfer tax rates, property transactions would be somewhat less expensive, which could increase sales. An increase in property sales could increase local property tax revenue over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - The tax is limited to 55 cents per $500 in property sale (or 0.11 percent). A city can opt to impose a documentary transfer tax of half that rate (that is, 27.5 cents per $500) when the property sale is within its boundaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Next, the remaining revenues would be used for (1)  the increased state and county costs associated with administering statewide primary and April elections for citizen initiatives and (2)  to compensate certain state and county government employees above their current levels of compensation if they perform certain work related to the citizen initiative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Jan 21, 2026 - Effects on County Administrative Costs. County governments administer the property tax. The measure ’s changes could affect counties ’ costs to do so. The net effect on county administrative costs is unclear but likely would not exceed the low tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-035

Home building and downpayment assistance. [Ballot]

Oct 6, 2025 - The state repays general obligation bonds using the state General Fund, which is funded primarily by income and sales taxes. In contrast, the state usually repays revenue bonds using revenue from fees or other charges paid by the users of the project (such as from bridge tolls).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-013

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Jun 29, 2023 - The measure exempts psilocybin grown or sold for medical, therapeutic, religious, or spiritual purposes from state and local sales, use, and excise taxes. Under the measure, psiloc ybin products labeled and sold for recreational use would be taxed at the local sales tax rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-004

Local rent control laws. [Ballot]

Feb 10, 2023 - These property tax losses would be part ially offset by higher property tax payments resulting from the sales of rental housing. This is because property sales often cause property tax bills to reset at a higher level.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-008

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2021 - The amount of sales tax revenue collected would depend on the portion of sales that are not for medical, therapeutic, religious, or spiritual purposes, which would be exempt from sales tax under the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-005

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Cannabis-Related Taxes. Adult use cannabis is subject to state and local sales taxes. Both adult use and medicinal cannabis are subject to a 15 percent state excise tax, which generated over half a billion dollars in revenue in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032