Peace officer use of force. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2021 - Peace officers can also be sued in federal court. However, federal courts have ruled that peace officers have certain immunities that limit their liability to such lawsuits. For example, if officers did not violate a person ’s clearly established constitutional right with their actions, the officers cannot be sued in federal court for those actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-010

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

Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

Oct 28, 2021 - To the extent that the measure results in a su bstantial number of jury trials for jurisdictional hearings, these costs could potentially reach the low millions of dollars annually. However, some or all of the county costs resu lting from increased workload could potentially be shifted to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-019

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency. [Ballot]

Mar 17, 2021 - To the extent that the measure results in a su bstantial number of jury trials for jurisdictional hearings, these costs could potentially reach the low millions of dollars annually. However, some or all of the county costs resu lting from increased workload could potentially be shifted to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-001

Raising the personal income taxes for certain households to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This includes programs to promote light-duty ZEVs (such as cars and passenger trucks), medium-duty ZEVs (su ch as delivery vans), heavy-duty ZEVs (such as large commercial trucks), and off-road equipment (such as agricultural equipment).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-037

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

Sep 21, 2023 - Additionally, government entities would incur technology and storage costs to retain public and legislative records for five years, as well as to manage and search su ch records. A portion of these costs could be higher in the short run.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - These compacts can also require gaming tribes make certain payments, su ch as to non-gaming tribes, the state, and local governments. However, federal courts have issued rulings that payments to state and local governmental entities should generally be limited to the amount necessary to cover their regulatory costs, compensation to mitigate the negative impacts of gaming, distribution to other tribes, and other costs related to gaming activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Raising taxes on certain corporations to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This includes programs to promote light-duty ZEVs (such as cars and passenger trucks), medium-duty ZEVs (su ch as delivery vans), heavy-duty ZEVs (such as large commercial trucks), and off-road equipment (such as agricultural equipment).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-038

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