The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - The measure limited these reduced penalties to people who have not committed certain severe crimes, such as murder, and are not re quired to register as sex offenders. Proposition  47 Requires State Savings From Its Punishment Reductions to Be Spent on Specified Programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Jan 20, 2026 - First, state law requires most nonprofit charities register and provide DOJ with certain information annually. Second, DOJ reviews and investigates organization operations and transactions to ensure compliance with state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-032

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

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would also require ongoing administrative activities, such as registering affected companies, reviewing protection plans, evaluating proposed AI capability expansions, certifying independent evaluators, and issuing or enforcing emerg ency orders.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Proposition 50 [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2025 - The Commission includes 14 members: 5 Democratic members, 5 Republican members, and 4 members who are not registered with either of those political parties. When the Commission draws new congressional district maps, it must follow federal and state laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=50&year=2025

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Previously, state law only required these entities to register with the state. Under the health trailer bill, pharmacy benefit managers must now receive licenses from th e Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to operate in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Funding for students who attend private schools or are educated at home. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - For example, parents could not register as vendors to be paid for tutoring their own children. Unused Funds Would Roll Over to Future Years. In some cases, a student would select a private school in which tuition and fees were less than the annual amount provided by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-014

Eligibility for elective office. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - Congress, Legislature, or any individual legislator; or (3)  registering as a federal, state, or local lobbyist in California. Proposal Applies Limitations on Holding Elective Office. The measure would affect any state legislator who, after January 1, 2025, votes in the Legislature in favor of (1)  proposing or ratifying any redistricting map or (2)  any amendment to the State
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-015

California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - In addition, counties would face costs to verify signatures of the registered voters that nominate the commission ’s applicants. Together, these costs could be a few million dollars on a one-time basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - Registering to Vote in California. In order to vote in an election in California, residents must register to vote in the county in which they reside. 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

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - The proposed changes to the protest rules (noted just above) and judicial process raise some questions about the ability of less-resourced groups to register opposition. For example, while requiring SWRCB to cancel certain protests could reduce the time that SWRCB (and DWR as the applicant being protested) spend on frivolous protests that did not follow requirements, it also c
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053