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

Large health sector labor organizations’ political activities. [Ballot]

Nov 14, 2025 - Future decisions by the Labor Commissioner could result in higher costs; however, any suc h costs would not be directly attributable to the requirements of the measure. For example, costs could be substantially higher, at least on a one-time basis, if the Labor Commissioner were to establish a new information technology system that allowed health care labor organizations to submit and for organization members to access these records electronically.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-021

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

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2025 - As with typical home loans, it takes many years for UC to recoup the initial cas h it pays to purchase the homes. During this time, the borrowed STIP funds effectively are not available for other university purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - Charter cities generally have authority to adopt their own local laws whic h generally supersede state law.  Charter cities (and counties) are still subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, the California Constitution, and state laws regarding matters of statewide concern.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

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

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Charter cities generally have authority to adopt their own local laws whic h generally supersede state law.  Charter cities (and counties) are still subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, the California Constitution, and state laws regarding matters of statewide concern.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-004

Local taxes. [Ballot]

Jul 1, 2025 - Charter cities generally have authority to adopt their own local laws whic h generally supersede state law.  Charter cities (and counties) are still subject to the U.S. Constitution, federal laws, the California Constitution, and state laws regarding matters of statewide concern.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-005

Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - (An exception concerns certain h ousing and large environmental projects that have been certified by the Governor, which currently have a 270-day time limit, to the extent feasible by the courts.) Environmental Review The measure would modify the environmental review process in several key ways, including: Changes Public Comment Periods.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Domestic ferrets. [Ballot]

Feb 9, 2022 - The California Fish and Game Commission and potentially the state Legislature would h ave to take additional steps to change existing state regulations and law in order to make ownership of ferrets legal in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-044