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 labor law violations. [Ballot]

Nov 23, 2021 - Unlike penalties collected by the Labor Commissioner, penalties paid under PAGA are distributed 75  percent to the state (to be used for labor law enforcement activities) and 25  percent to the affected employees.
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

Oversight of certain nonprofit charities and related entities. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - This includes the specific activities the new board chooses to engage in, what activities cove red entities choose to engage in (such as how often they make large asset transfers), and how often members of the public file cases in court.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-032

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - In contrast, a special tax is a tax levied on a specific good (for example, tobacco or fuel) or activity (for example, waste disposal or energy use) to raise revenue for a specific state prog ram. Taxes can be raised by the Legislature, by a two-thirds vote, or by voters with a majority vote.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

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

Jan 20, 2026 - These costs would include compensation for commissioners and staff, hiring and retaining techni cal experts with specialized AI expertise, rulemaking activities, investigations, audits, and enforcement actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - DOJ would incur costs to develop and adopt regulations, review audit reports, create and maintain publicly accessible information, and carry out enforcement activities. These responsibilities would require additional legal, technical, and administrative resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

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

Dec 12, 2025 - Similarly, companion chatbots capable of any number of specified activities, such as encouraging a child user to engage in various harmful behaviors, are deemed to pose an unacceptable risk and are prohibited.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

Large health sector labor organizations’ political activities. [Ballot]

Nov 14, 2025 - Large health sector labor organizations’ political activities. [Ballot] Pursuant to Elections Code Section 9005, we have reviewed the proposed statutory initiative pertaining to large health sector labor organizations ’ political activities (A.G.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-021

The right to boycott or engage in other activities to express opposition to the policies of the state of Israel toward Palestinians. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - This cost increase could be partially offset by reduced costs for other activities. For example, state and local government entities could experience reduced costs if the measure reduces or eliminates litigation activities around how existing state and local law and policies apply to BDS activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-011