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

Oct 27, 2025 - Most of this money came from hospital operations, campus services (such as housing, dining, and parking), and other nonstate sources. The state contributed about $5  billion, and students paid about $4  billion in tuition.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-018

Proposition 32 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Workers who would have made less than $18 per hour would instead make $18 or more per hour by 2026. Higher minimum wages also tend to push up wages for other workers. This means that many workers making a bit more than $18 per hour also likely would get a raise.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=32&year=2024

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The DOJ may impose civil penalties of up to $1,000 per violation for failures to implement required safeguards, and up to $10,000 per violation for willful violations or the submission of false or misleading information.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

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

Oct 20, 2025 - Fiscal Effects Measure Would Bring in Between $5  Billion and $15  Billion Each Year. The amount of money brought in by this measure is hard to predict and will go up and down with the economy. This is because much of the revenue comes from taxing investment income and capital gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - If a voter chooses to vote in person, they must sign a list of registered voters prior to voting. If a voter c hooses to drop their VBM ballot in the mail or at a ballot drop off location, they must sign the official envelope in which they send their ballot in order for their ballot to be c ounted.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - The measure prohibits businesses from selling or sharing the personal information of consumers under age 18 without the consumer ’s explicit consent. For consumers under age 13, parental consent is required.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

New tax on the wealth of billionaires. [Ballot]

Dec 11, 2025 - These wealth tax revenues probably would add up to tens of billions of dollars spread over severa l years. Likely ongoing decrease in state income tax revenues of hundreds of millions of dollars or more per year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-024

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 4, 2023 - To register to vote, a person must be a U.S. citizen, be a resid ent of California, not currently be incarcerated or found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and be at least 18 years old. (Eligible people who are 16 or 17 years old can pre -register to vote; however, they are not eligible to vote until they reach  18 years of age.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-016

Gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - We estimate the measure would have the following fiscal effects: To the extent the measure can be legally implemented, potentially relatively minor savings up to the millions of dollars annually from no longer paying for prohibited services for individuals under the age of 18.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-020

Temporary tax increases. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - People who want to raise taxes using an initiative first have voters sign a p etition for the initiative. If enough voters sign the petition, the initiative is put up for a vote as a ballot proposition.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-037