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

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

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Much of this money would be used for activities that encourage farmers to improve soil health, reduce air pollution, and use less water ($105  million). This money would also support community gardens and farmers ’ markets, such as by purchasing shade canopies ($60  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024

Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - In 2016, voters approved Proposition  55 to extend these higher rates until 2030. The top 2  percent of California taxpayers pay these higher rates. These taxpayers pay about half of all state income taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Local land use planning and zoning. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - State laws enacted since 2016 that would be affected by this measure aimed to reduce barriers to housing de velopment. If cities and counties adopt zoning and land use laws that restrict housing development, housing costs could increase and potentially constrain economic growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-011

Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - (The state met this goal in 2016.) The state updated the limit in 2016 to 40  percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and further reduced it in 2022 to an objective of at least 85  percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2045.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - In 2016-17 (the most recent year for which statewide data are available), less than 1 percent of high school students in California took a stand-alone personal finance course. No Specific Credentialing Requirements for Personal Finance Educators.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - To further reduce methane emissions from landfills, a 2016 law required CalRecycle to adopt regulations that reduce statewide organic waste disposal in landfills to 75  percent of 2014 levels by 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006

Water supply. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - For example, when California experienced a serious drought in 2012 through 2016, the state required cities to decrease their water use by 25  percent, and many farmers experienced significant reductions in the amount of water they could take from rivers and streams to water their crops.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-014