California Public Utilities Commission and wildfires. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2021 - The State Fire Chief is required to develop guidelines for how and when the funds will be made availab le to victims. The measure also requires the Legislature to continuously appropriate monies sufficient to replenish the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-020

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - To be eligible to register to vote, a person must be a U.S. citi zen, be a resident of California, not currently serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony or found mentally incompetent to vote by a court, and be at le ast 18 years old.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

Proposition 3 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Proposition 3 [Ballot] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=3&year=2024

Theft crimes. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2022 - We estimate that the resulting increase in county court-related costs could be around several million dollars annually, depending on the actual number of peop le affected by the measure. In total, we estimate that the measure could increase county criminal justice system costs in the low tens of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-041

Juvenile dependency proceedings. [Ballot]

Jun 17, 2021 - Child welfare departments are often represented by county attorneys in juveni le dependency proceedings. There are roughly 40,000 juvenile dependency filings annually statewide. After a petition is filed, the court will hold various hearings as required by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-004

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

Sep 21, 2023 - The measure prohibits the Le gislature from charging requestors any other fees. Requires Retention of Legislative Records for Specified Period. The measure requires the Legislature to retain legislative records for at least five years, unless a longer retention period is specified by state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - To be eligible for UC admission, entering freshmen must have completed certain high school courses, generally have obtained high grade point averages (GPA), and generally rank among the top of their graduating high school class.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

Public sector unions and collective bargaining. [Ballot]

Sep 28, 2021 - For example, state employees who are excluded from collective bargaining typ ically receive the same salary increases received by rank-and-file employees of the same job-type. This is done in order to avoid “salary compaction, ” where the difference between rank-and-file and management salaries is not large enough to create an incentive for employees to take on the additional responsibilities of management.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-008