Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2019 - Schools could receive similar property tax gains. Change in State Funding for Schools. Should schools gain property tax revenues under the measure, state funding for schools may decrease by a similar amount in some years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-003

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Under the measure, people 18 years of age and older could use and share entheogenic substances in their homes or on private property with the owner ’s consent and possess up to a one-year personal supply of entheogenic substances.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032

Water supply. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - The measure would not affect the minimum annual funding requirement for schools and community colleges. State Appropriations Limit Consideration. The State Constitution limits how much tax revenues the state can spend each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-014

Stem cell research. [Ballot]

Dec 2, 2019 - For the purposes of estimating the cost of the measure, we assume the bonds are sold over an initial ten-year period —the minimum period required by the measure. We assume each bond is repaid over 15 years, resulting in a total repayment period of 25 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-022

Initiative process. [Ballot]

Nov 17, 2021 - Beginning in 2024-25, the measure would require that the appropriation level be adjusted annually to reflect any increase or decrease in the California Consumer Price Index. The measure does not specify whether this appropriation would be considered part of legislative appropriations —and therefore subject to the constitutional limit —or not.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-024

Drug crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - For example, people who receive five years in prison (such as because they were previously convicted of a sex crime) for selling fentanyl under current law could instea d receive up to 12 years for selling fentanyl resulting in death under the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-023

Drug and theft crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 11, 2023 - The measure adds fentanyl to the set of drugs to which this felony applies, thereby increasing the sentences for people convicted of this crime for fentanyl from up to one year in jail in most cases to up to four years in prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-017

Affordable housing bonds. [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2022 - Local governments can issue bonds to pay for capital projects, such as bridges, schools, hospitals, affordable housing, water treatment facilities, and other public buildings. Although local governments can pay for capital projects with current revenues, borrowing allows them to spread the costs across many years, which often reflects the longer usage of the projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-040

California labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - Unlike penalties collected by the Labor Commissioner, penalties paid under PAGA are distributed 75  percent to the state (to be used for labor law enforcement activities) and 25  percent to the affected employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-027

Housing affordability and property taxes. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - Revenues in excess of the limit, over a two-year period, trigger a requirement for taxpayer rebates and additional school pay ments. Summary of Fiscal Effects. We estimate that this measure would have the following major fiscal effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-032