Insurer coverage of medical procedures and medication. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - Specifically, an insurer, rather than the pe rson filing the lawsuit, would have to prove that the services or drugs were unnecessary or that the denial, delay, or change would not result in the specified negative health outc omes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-002

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - For example, elections officials remove from the voter rolls pe ople who are deceased or who otherwise no longer are eligible to vote (for example, because they are serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 7 (Public Safety)

Sep 7, 2023 - For example, we note that the age distribution of Unit 7 members today reflects a younger workforce than it did earlier in the pe riod. Younger workers tend to have lower average salaries given they have less tenure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4802

Theft crimes. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2022 - We note that this estimate is based on the limited data available, and the actual number of pe ople affected would depend on decisions made by courts. As such, the actual impact on county correctional costs could be significantly higher or lower.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-041

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

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - The committee would be comprised of pe ople representing physicians, hospitals, and other health care entities. The Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, and Senate President pro Tempore would appoint members, as specified in the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Chronic dialysis clinics. [Ballot]

Oct 14, 2021 - Given how often patients need dialysis and how long treatments last, clinics often offer services six days pe r week and often are open outside of typical business operating hours. Patients ’ Own Physician Oversee Treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-013