Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Much of this money would pay for activities focused on protecting communities from extreme heat ($200  million). These activities could include adding trees and greenspaces. Money would also support places for people to go during heatwaves or disasters ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024

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 - 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

New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - California billionaires, like all those earning money in the state, currently pay state taxes on their annual income. How billionaires respond to a new wealth tax could indirectly reduce their income tax payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

Proposition 55 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - A large share of high-income taxpayers ’ earnings comes from capital gains. These revenues depend heavily on future stock market and other asset values, which are difficult to predict. In addition, high-income taxpayers ’ earnings fluctuate with the economy.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=55&year=2016

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

Retirement benefits for state and local governmental employees in California (Amendment No.1). [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - Social Security provides monthly payments to retir ed individuals based on how old they are when they retire and how much money they earned during their career. Medicare provides health care coverage to individuals who are at least 65 years old.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-077

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

Jan 27, 2026 - An example is a tax on money someone earned two years ago. Fiscal Effect Possibility That Tax Revenues Will Be Lower in the Future. The measure restricts the options the state and local governments have to raise taxes in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-041

Retirement benefits for state and local governmental employees in California (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - Social Security provides monthly payments to retir ed individuals based on how old they are when they retire and how much money they earned during their career. Medicare provides health care coverage to individuals who are at least 65 years old.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-076

A constitutional initiative related to compensation and retirement benefits for state and local governmental employees in California. [Ballot]

Jul 27, 2015 - Social security provides monthly payments to retired individuals based on how old they are when they retire and how much money they earned during their career. During an employee ’s career, both the employer and employee pay taxes on earnings.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-033