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

Jan 20, 2026 - These plans would describe how companies intend to fulfill their stated p ublic benefit or humanitarian commitments, ensure safety and human oversight of AI systems, and address governance and concentration-of-power concerns.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Temporary tax increases. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - People who want to raise taxes using an initiative first have voters sign a p etition for the initiative. If enough voters sign the petition, the initiative is put up for a vote as a ballot proposition.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-037

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This is because a federal court previously determined that the payments required by certain tribal-state com pacts into the state ’s General Fund for use at the state ’s discretion generally were an illegal tax prohibited under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

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

Jan 20, 2026 - In addition, certain p rivate individuals and organizations may bring civil actions to enforce compliance by regulated entities that have violated the measure ’s requirements. Creates California AI Safety Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - Several major parts of these laws were put in place by voters with the passage of P roposition  103 in 1988. Insurers Must Get Rate Increases Approved. Most insurers in California, including those covering homes or automobiles, cannot increase their rates without getting approval from the California Department of Insurance (CDI).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - The lead agency releases the draft EIR for p ublic comment and must respond to all public comments before issuing a final EIR. Approve the Environmental Review Document and Project. The lead agency decides on whether to approve the environmental document and ultimately whether to approve the project or an alternative to the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Below, we describe the major p rovisions of this measure. Authorizes Additional Gaming Activities at Tribal Casinos. This measure amends the State Constitution to authorize roulette and games played with dice (such as craps) at tribal casinos.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Drug and theft crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2023 - We estimate that the increased costs from the growth in the county correctional population, partially offset by the decrease in costs from p eople being shifted from the county level to state prison, would result in a net increase in county correctional costs, potentially in the low tens of millions annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-017

Control, Regulate, and Tax Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 22, 2015 - Under the measure, cities and counties could p lace “reasonable ” restrictions on the cultivation of marijuana for personal use (such as by prohibiting outdoor cultivation) but could not prohibit cultivation within a fully enclosed and secure p rivate residence.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-103

Funding for various brownfield-related activities. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - The cost to the state of repaying these bonds would depend on various factors such as the interest rates in effect at the time they are sold and the time p eriod over which they are repaid. We assume that (1) the interest rate for bonds would average 4 percent, (2) they would be sold over the next 5 years, and (3) all bonds would be issued for a 25-year term.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-034