Restrictions on certain oil drilling permits (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - If voters reject SB  1137 on the November 2024 ballot but pass this measure, it could result in the following fiscal effects: Decreased State Revenues. We estimate that within a few years of implementation, the measure would reduce state revenues by tens of millions of dollars annually resulting from a decrease in oil extraction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year. Children in California currently may enroll in free public schools in transitional kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades 1 through 12 (K-12).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatments for individuals under the age of 18 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - This reduces property tax revenue going to schools and o ther local governments. Over the first few years, schools and other local governments would lose several hundred million dollars each year. Over time, these revenue losses would gr ow to between $1.5  billion and $2  billion annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - In recent years, the limit has been an important consideration in state budgeting decisions. Revenues in excess of the limit, over a two-year period, tr igger a requirement for taxpayer rebates and additional school payments.                                                                                                                          
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

High-quality public schools (Version 1). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 2023 - Background State Required to Provide a Public School System . The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-009

High-quality public schools (Version 2). [Ballot]

Aug 30, 2023 - Background State Required to Provide a Public School System . The California Constitution requires the state to organize and fund a system of public schools that operates at least six months per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-010

Proposition 28 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - The California Department of Education (CDE) may approve requests from schools to spend less on staff. Schools will have three years to spend the funds they receive each year. CDE would reallocate any unspent funds to all schools in the following year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=28&year=2022

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - There is generally no state requirement for private schools to collect certain student information. Transgender and Nonbinary Students . While there is limited data on the number of transgender and nonbinary youth, the Williams Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Law estimates that nearly 50,000 of the state ’s 2.6  million children aged 13 to 17  years (about 2  percent) identify as transgender.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

Funding for various brownfield-related activities. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - We assume that (1) the interest rate for bonds would average 4 percent, (2) they would be sold over the next 5 years, and (3) all bonds would be issued for a 25-year term. Based on these assumptions, the cost to repay the bonds would average about $140 million annually over the next 30 years, totaling $4.3 billion to pay off both principal ($2.7 billion) and interest ($1.6 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-034