Social media platforms. [Ballot]

Feb 6, 2024 - Social media platforms. [Ballot] Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed statutory initiative related to social media platforms (A.G. File No. 23-0035, Amendment #1). Background Social Media Platforms.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-035

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

Dec 12, 2025 - The extent to which platforms use AI varies depending on the type of service offered, the scale of the business, and the data they collect. Existing State Privacy Law Includes Certain Protections for Minors.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

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

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - Finally, sports wagering “platforms ” would be required to pay a one-time licensing fee of $5 million and a renewal fee of $1 million every four years. Under this measure, all of these revenues would be deposited into a new special fund, the California Sports Wagering Fund (CSWF).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009

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