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

Oct 27, 2025 - Of these employees, 112,666 were career support staff, 14,482 were tenured or tenure-track faculty, and 191 were senior managers (with the remainder being lower-level managers, lecturers, and student workers, among others).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Oversight of certain nonprofit charities and related entities. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure requires a public list of people qualified for appointment to the board, consisting of a minimum of 30 people, be maintained at all times. Board members could only serve up to eight years and would be paid similarly to a California trial court judge.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-032

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

Oct 20, 2025 - Voters approved Proposition  30 in 2012 to temporarily increase income tax rates on high-income taxpayers. In 2016, voters approved Proposition  55 to extend these higher rates until 2030. The top 2  percent of California taxpayers pay these higher rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

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

Dec 10, 2025 - Applies 30-Day Application Completeness Time Limit to More Projects. The measure would apply a 30-day time limit for lead or responsible agencies to determine whether an application for an essential project is complete, including those projects need ing local general plan or zoning changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Elections in California. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2025 - In the roughly ten years before the 2011 law change, about 30 more citizen initiatives qualified for the ballot than in the roughly ten years after the law change. If more citizen initiatives were to qualify for the ballot, state and local government costs would be higher in statewide election cycles.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-019

This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. [Ballot]

Mar 25, 2025 - This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. Topics may focus on scientific or skills-based knowledge related to environmental sustainability practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - Approximately 70  percent of private school students attend religiously affiliated schools and 30  percent attend nonreligious schools. Most private school students attend schools that are incorporated as nonprofit organizations, but some schools are unincorporated or organized on a for-profit basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

Research and development involving certain psychedelic substances (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 7, 2023 - Fiscal Effects Annual State Costs of $220  Million for 30 Years to Repay the Bonds. We estimate the cost to repay the bonds (both principal and interest) would average about $220  million General Fund each year for 30 years, with costs totaling $6.6 billion over the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Upon the filing of a legislative records request, the measure requires the Legislature to (1)  determine whether there are disclosable records within ten calendar days or 14 calendar days for extraordinary circumstances, and (2)  provide records within 30 calendar days or on a rolling basis but no more than 90 days if there are extraordinary circumstances (such as requiring programming to extract data).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

Funding for various brownfield-related activities. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - Based on these assumptions, the cost to repay the bonds would average about $140 million annually over the next 30 years, totaling $4.3 billion to pay off both principal ($2.7 billion) and interest ($1.6 billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-034