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

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - A small share of these rides resulted in reports of allegatio ns of wrongdoing by the driver or passenger. For example, the same report noted that the two largest rideshare companies —which make up the majority of the industry —disclosed 27,000 collisions and 20,000 assault or harassment incidents to CPUC over the same time period.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - The actual cost of implementing the measure would depend on future decisio ns by the Legislature, state departments, local governments, and voters. The requirements of the measure with the greatest possible fiscal effect are discussed below.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

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

Sep 21, 2023 - Most of these reductio ns would be from lower property tax revenues being generated on parcels with mineral rights located inside of health protection zones. Other local revenue sources that also could d ecline as a result of reduced oil extraction include royalty agreements that some local governments have with oil businesses (such as the City of Long Beach), sales taxes, and cert ain other local taxes and fees for oil extraction activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-014

Local rent control laws. [Ballot]

Feb 10, 2023 - However, the state still could set some minimum protectio ns for renters, like the current statewide limit on rent increases. Fiscal Effects Economic Effects.  If many local rent control laws automatically expand in response to the repeal of Costa-Hawkins and/or communities respond to this measure by further expanding their rent control laws beyond the existing protections for renters, it could lead to several economic effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-008

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

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