App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - In addition, the measure likely would increase the number of people who earn income from driving. This is because companies would hire more drivers if drivers work as independent contractors. Some of these people likely would earn no income or less income if they did not have the option to work as app-based drivers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Because people would take more rides and place more orders, drivers as a group would earn more income. This means state income taxes paid by drivers would increase. Californians who own rideshare and delivery company stock also may earn more when they sell the stock.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

Residency rules for state personal income tax purposes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - These commonly include wages for temporary work performed i n the state, owner income from businesses based in the state, and capital gains from selling real estate they own in the state. Nonresidents pay about 5  percent of all state income taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-039

Prohibit new taxes on financial assets and other personal property. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - Personal property is all the things that people own other than real estate. For example, the state taxes owners of cars and trucks. Similarly, local governments tax owner s of boats and business equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-041

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - This tax is applied to the amount a person bets. Additionally, the measure authorizes DOSBC to take va rious enforcement actions, including requiring people making such bets to register with DOSBC, requiring entities illegally offering online sports wagering to disclose the names of people who make wagers with them, and blocking access to illegal sites accepting sports wagers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - Real estate, pensions, and retirement accounts would be excluded from the tax. Most of the Money Set Aside for Health Care. Revenues from the wealth tax would be set aside in a special account. The state would decide how and when to spend the money but it would have to be spent on certain types of servi ces.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

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

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - For those under the state law framework, the measure authorizes CGCC to develop and implement various regulations —such as the types of bets that can be offered, licensing requirements, and consumer protection requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - At minimum, these regulations must limit wagering to (1) bets made by people age of 21 and older; (2) professional or college sporting events that do not include animals other than horses; and (3) amateu r sporting events that do not include children under the age of 18.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

State sales tax and teacher compensation. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2017 - This provision only app lies to teachers with a clear teaching credential. Increases State Sales Tax Rate by 2  Percent. Beginning in 2020, the measure increases by 2  percent the state sales tax on all retail goods sold in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-021