New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - Several of the wealthiest people in the world live in California. Wealth is the value of all the things a person has come to own over their lifetime. Wealth is different from incom e, which is how much a person earns in a set period of time, like one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

International protocol official in state government. [Ballot]

Sep 16, 2015 - The measure declares that California “recognizes each of the 193  members of the United Nations, ” the Republic of Texas, and the Kingdom of Hawaii and requires these entities be afforded the “full extent of diplomatic protocol to which they are entitled. ” Fiscal Effects In theory, the establishment of California missions in nearly 200 separate locations around the world could
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-046

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - According to a 2023 report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, rideshare companies reported that a couple hundred million rides took place in California annually between September 2019 and August 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - According to a 2023 report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, rideshare companies reported that a couple hundred million rides took place in California between September 2019 and August 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-029

Online education at the University of California. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2017 - UC ’s California Digital Library, for example, allows the public to search for publications around the world and access certain content electronically. Proposal Creates New Online University With All Public Segment Courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-025

Funding for arts and music education in schools. [Ballot]

Dec 21, 2021 - In 2023-24, this funding would be considered a supplementary payment above the Proposition  98 minimum guarantee provided to schools and community colleges. Moving forward, the minimum guarantee would be adjusted upwards to reflect the additional funding required by the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-036

The California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act (Amendment #1-S) [Ballot]

Mar 3, 2015 - Various businesses that produce and distribute adult films are located in California, including some of the largest such businesses in the world. California ’s leading position in the adult film industry results from various factors, including the presence of the mainstream film industry ’s equipment and crews (some of which also work in the adult film industry) and stronger case
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-004

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - In 2023-24, California is spending $152  billion on the Medi-Cal program, with 60  percent coming from the federal government, 25  percent coming from the state General Fund, and the remainder coming from other state and local government sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Proposition 35 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - The tax was most recently approved in 2023. It will expire at the end of 2026, unless the Legislature and federal government approve it again. Proposal Makes Existing Health Plan Tax Permanent. Proposition  35 makes the existing health plan tax permanent beginning in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=35&year=2024

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2021 - Beginning on April 19, 2023, businesses would be allowed to begin retail sales of psilocybin. Regulatory agencies would be prohibited f rom imposing fines or fees in excess of the amount charged for comparable non-psilocybin mushroom-related businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-005