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

Jan 20, 2026 - If such changes affect company profits or employment levels in California, it would affect state and local tax revenues. Whether this woul d occur is uncertain. Summary of Major Fiscal Effects. 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

Prohibit new taxes on financial assets and other personal property. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - A retroactive tax is one that applies to things that happened in the past. An example is a tax on money someone earned two years ago. Fiscal Effect Possibility That Tax Revenues Will Be Lower in the Future.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-041

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Next, the remaining revenues would be used for (1)  the increased state and county costs associated with administering statewide primary and April elections for citizen initiatives and (2)  to compensate certain state and county government employees above their current levels of compensation if they perform certain work related to the citizen initiative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - Insurers would not be able to deny insurance to a homeowner because they filed certain types of claims in the past. This includes past claims that were not paid or claims that wer e not “the direct result of intentional conduct or gross negligence of the applicant. ” Places Limits on Compensation Paid to Insurance Brokers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - These include a state law requiring statewide GHG emissions to be limited to 40  percent below 1990 levels by 2030. GHGs include gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide. Landfills produce methane emissions when organic waste —such as food scraps, wood, and paper —decompose.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - To the extent that programs were to adopt the State Auditor ’s recommendations in an audit, the measure could result in savings or improved services at existing funding levels. The degree to which this would occur depends on future decisions and are not known.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

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

Sep 30, 2025 - In 1911, California voters approved Proposition  7, which amended the State Constitution to create the statewide voter initiative process. A voter initiative, such as this one, may not institute changes that substantially alter California ’s basic governmental framework.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010