Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - The California Departmen t of Public Health (CDPH) works closely with the state ’s 61 local public health departments (58 county and three city departments) to promote public health across California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

Proposition 22 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - This measure limits the ability of cities and counties to place additional rules on rideshare and delivery companies. Fiscal Effects Whether rideshare and delivery drivers are employees or independent contractors is still being decided in the courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=22&year=2020

State and local government tax rules. [Ballot]

Nov 22, 2021 - State law requires increases in local taxes to receive approval of the local governing body —for example, a city council or county board of supervisors —as well as approval of voters in that local jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-026

Raising the personal income taxes for certain households to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - The remaining one-third of the revenues are provided to cities and counties to support their streets and roads. The state also assesses a $100 per year fee on ZEVs to raise funds to support state and local transportation infrastructure .
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-037

Raising taxes on certain corporations to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - The remaining one-third of the revenues are provided to cities and counties to support their streets and roads. The state also assesses a $100 per year fee on ZEVs to raise funds to support state and local transportation infrastructure .
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-038

Initiative process. [Ballot]

Nov 17, 2021 - The measure would transfer workload from DOJ to the LAO (and OLC). Consequently, DOJ costs for existing workload would decrease. There could be some minor ongoing state savings if the LAO ’s new ballot responsibilities were determined to be part of the Legislature ’s budget because growth in the Legislature ’s budget is limited by the Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-024

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - At the same time, DOJ, county district attorneys, and city attorneys can pursue criminal actions seeking fines or convictions for violations of th e state ’s gaming laws. Tribal-State Compacts. Indian tribes possess special status under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - At the same time, DOJ, county district attorneys, and city attorneys can pursue criminal actions seeking fines or convictions for violations of the state ’s gaming laws. Tribal-State Compacts. Indian tribes possess special status under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Dec 14, 2021 - The measure requires that any savings to the state from the above changes, as estimated by the Department of Finance (DOF), be annually transferred from the General Fund into a new state fund, the Left Behind Act Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-035

The extraction and recovery of oil and gas, as well as fossil fuel consumption. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - City and county governments vary in their approach to regulating and overseeing oil and gas production. They establish local permitting processes, fees on the production and sale o f oil and gas, and limitations to production.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-028