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

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products and applies the tobacco products excise tax to electronic cigarettes (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Nov 30, 2015 - Revenues from existing excise taxes on other tobacco products support Proposition  10 and Proposition  99 purposes. Under current law, any increase in cigarette taxes automatically triggers an equivalent increase in excise taxes on other tobacco products, with the latter revenues g oing to support Proposition  99 purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-081

Proposed statutory initiative that increases excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. [Ballot]

Jun 23, 2015 - Revenues from existing excise taxes on other tobacco products support Proposition  10 and Proposition  99 purposes. Under current law, any increase in cigarette taxes automatically triggers an equivalent increase in excise taxes on other tobacco products, with the latter revenues going to support Proposition  99 purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-030

Proposed statutory initiative that would increase excise taxes on the distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products. It also creates a new excise tax on the distribution of electronic cigarett

Jun 23, 2015 - Revenues from existing excise taxes on other tobacco products support Proposition  10 and Proposition  99 purposes. Under current law, any increase in cigarette taxes automatically triggers an equivalent increase in excise taxes on other tobacco products, with the latter revenues going to support Proposition  99 purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-029

Proposition 56 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2016 - This change makes e-cigarettes subject to the taxes passed by voters in Proposition  99 and Proposition  10. As a result, the funds supported by those two propositions would receive additional revenue due to this measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=56&year=2016

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - On the other hand, trial courts could receive an increased number of appeals of Labor Com missioner decisions or an increased number of class-action lawsuits or other civil filings that otherwise would have been pursued as PAGA lawsuits.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

App-based rideshare and delivery drivers. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2019 - To limit these new costs, rideshare and delivery com panies might hire fewer drivers. These companies also would eventually increase fares and delivery charges to make up for their new costs. Responses by Consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-026

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

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - Over 99  percent of this revenue is from the tax on Medi-Cal enrollment. After helping cover the cost on Medi-Cal enrollment for MCOs, the state is planning to use the MCO tax for two key purposes. The first purpose will be to offset General Fund costs in the existing Medi-Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 23, 2015 - Department of Justice (DOJ) is not to prosecute marijuana users and businesses that act in com pliance with state and local marijuana laws so long as those laws are written and enforced in a manner that upholds federal priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-104