Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - This is a market-based mechanism designed to reduce GHG emissions at the lowest cost. Entities covered under the program —including oil refineries, electricity generators and importers, and manufacturing facilities —can comply with the requirements of this program in three ways: (1)  reduce the amount of emissions they produce, (2)  obtain allowances to cover
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012

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

Sep 30, 2025 - To be eligible, the applicants wou ld need to establish that they meet various qualifications, including (among others): receiving signature nomination by one hundred registered voters, establishing California resid ency for at least five years, and having earned a degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

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

Statutory initiative that would establish a statewide vote to express the intent of California voters to seek independence from the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jan 8, 2025 - To be eligible, the applicants wou ld need to establish that they meet various qualifications, including receiving signature nomination by one hundred registered voters, establishing California residency for at leas t five years, and having earned a degree.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2024-001

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure also requires the DOJ to establish a mechanism for third parties to report child safety incidents. In addition, the DOJ must publish an annual report summarizing overall audit findings and trends and create publicly accessible resources that provide information about covered AI systems ’ child safety policies and parental controls.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The degree to which this would occur depends on future decisions and are not known. Summary of Fiscal Impacts. We estimate that the measure would have the following fiscal effects: Unknown Fiscal Effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

Ethnic studies course at the California State University. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - About 90 percent of CSU undergraduate students do not currently complete an upper-division ethnic studies course and most graduate students do not complete an ethnic studies course during their postbaccalaureate-degree programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-003

This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. [Ballot]

Mar 25, 2025 - The measure would increase costs for public schools to the degree they purchase new instructional materials and adjust lesson plans. For example, schools might need to purchase additional materials to incorporate hands-on learning into their instruction, such as more equipment for experiments and outdoor learning activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

Relating to attorney fees and medical damages in motor vehicle accident cases. [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2025 - These effects would depend on the overall reduction in motor vehicle accident cases being filed as well as the degree to which remaining cases would take longer to resolve. Increased state Medi-Cal costs that could range from the millions to tens of millions of dollars annually due to various factors, including a reduction in compensation for some motor vehicle accidents used to offset Medi-Cal costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-022

Medi-Cal Rx program and revenues from federal drug price discounts. [Ballot]

Oct 19, 2023 - This approach is called “Medi-Cal Rx. ” Manufacturers Provide Drugs at Discounted Prices to Health Care Providers Under Federal Program. Drug manufacturers provide certain health care providers drugs at discounted prices under a federal program known as the “340B drug price discount program. ” Drug manufacturers are required to provide drugs at these discounted prices as a condition of participating in Medicaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-021