Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - To fund its operations, the measure authorizes the commission to levy annual assessments on public benefit AI companies equal to 1 to 2 percent of their California gross revenue. Allows New Civil and Criminal Penalties and Private Enforcement.
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 50 [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2025 - CURRENT AND PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT MAPS This section shows maps of the current and proposed congressional districts (1)  statewide, as shown in Figures 1 and 2; (2)  in the northern part of the state, as shown in Figures 3 and 4; and (3)  in  the southern part of the state, as shown in Figures 5 and 6.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=50&year=2025

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - This measure would (1) require background checks for rideshare drivers, (2) require rideshare companies to report sexual misconduct and assault incidents, (3) require rideshare companies to notify passengers about sexual misconduct and assault risk of drivers, and (4) increase rideshare companies’ legal and financial responsibility for rideshare-related sexual wrongdoing (Amendment #1).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-029

Eligibility for elective office. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - Although it is rare for redistricting to occur sooner than every ten years, voters will consider new congressional district maps proposed by the Legislature in a special election on November 4, 2025 (Proposition  50).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-015

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

Oct 20, 2025 - For example, a married couple pays a 1  percent tax on the first $21,000 of income, a 2  percent tax on income between $21,000 and $50,000, and a 4  percent tax on income between $50,000 and $80,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure would require these audits to (1) evaluate each program that would receive funding from the special tax contained in the proposed initiative and (2) address specific issues identified by the measure including assessing the efficiency of the program and recommending how the audited program could reduce its annual costs by 10 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

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

Dec 12, 2025 - Monies in the fund would be allocated in the following order: (1) offsetting costs incurred by the courts and DOJ in carrying out enforcement duties; (2) offsetting costs incurred by the California Department of Education to review and update AI literacy curriculum content and instructional materials; (3) supporting implementation of the smartphone-free classrooms policy; and (4) administering and funding grants to protect and prepare children to use AI safely.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

Limiting pay for administrators at hospitals and physician groups. [Ballot]

Sep 22, 2025 - According to a past study, executives at nonprofit hospitals earned an average salary of $600,000 in 2018. This amount was around three to six times the average pay for executives in most other nonprofit sectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-009