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

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Regardless of how a voter casts their ballot, state law requires that there be a paper record —verified by the voter before their ballot is cast —of the voter ’s selections. The paper record of the voter ’s selections does not identify the individual voter who cast that ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

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

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - Landfills produce methane emissions when organic waste —such as food scraps, wood, and paper —decompose. Methane emissions from landfills historically have represented about 2  percent of statewide GHG emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006