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

For example, state law bans sports betting, roulette, and games with dice (such as craps). „ However, it allows some gambling, including: — State Lottery. About 23,000 stores in all 58 counties sell state lottery games.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

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

Some or all of these costs would be offset by the increased revenues. Other Fiscal Effects „ Unknown net effect of various other fiscal effects on the state and local governments. For example, state and local revenue could increase from people coming from out of state to place sports bets and spending more than they otherwise would.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It. With so much enthusiasm surrounding AI, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. History suggests that the stock market is prone to overreact to major technological advances, even if the technology itself turns out to be revolutionary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Eligibility to offer online sports wagering would be limited to: Gaming tribes that choose to give up some of the rights they possess due to their special status under state law, such as agreeing to comply with all of the requirements laid out i n this measure rather than negotiating separate requirements regarding online sports wagering through tribal-state compacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Since 1999, 80 out of over 100 federally recognized tribes in California have negotiated tribal-state compacts with the state or have been i ssued federal gaming regulations. (We note that not all of these tribes currently operate casinos.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - Since 1999, 78 out of over 100 federally recognized Indian tribes in California have negotiated tribal-state compacts with the state or have been issued federal gaming regulations. (We note that not all of these tribes currently operate casinos.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

^[PDF] Online sports wagering.

Under this measure, all of these revenues would be deposited into a new special fund, the California Online Sports Betting Trust Fund (COSBTF). After deducting state regulatory costs, the measure requires 85 percent of revenues be allocated by the Legislature through the annual Hon.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210494.pdf

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Since 1999, 80 out of over 100 federally recognized tribes in California have negotiated tribal-state compacts with the state or have been issued federal gaming regulations. (We note that not all of these tribes currently operate casinos.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - One potential interpretation is that the state is making high risk-high reward bets on businesses. While many of these bets do not pan out, the ones that do can be successful enough to yield overall benefits for the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/771

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - All four mandates concern municipal stormwater permits issued by regional water quality control boards for the period beginning in 2009 or 2010 through December 2017. The Commission on State Mandates had determined that several requirements in these permits (which local governments already carried out) were state-reimbursable mandates for that time frame.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082