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 - This measure requires public schools to provide each student with 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. Topics may focus on scientific or skills-based knowledge related to environmental sustainability practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-001

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - The proposed measure would require both the Secretary of State and county elections officials to (1)  use best efforts to verify citizenship attestations “using government data ” and (2)  annually report the percentage of each county ’s voter rolls that have been “citizenship-verified. ” Some Additional Requirements Specific to County Elections Officials.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

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

Jan 20, 2026 - Reviewing protection plans required of regulated entities that address specified categories of potential harm, including workforce displacement, safety risks, and loss of human con trol, and issuing, modifying, or revoking annual certifications based on commission-identified demonstrated best practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

Oct 28, 2021 - In cases involving parents, the court is to ensure that the child has frequent contact with both parents and to encourage parents to share responsibility for the child, unless contact with one or both of the parents is not in the best interest of the child.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-019

Child Custody and Juvenile Dependency. [Ballot]

Mar 17, 2021 - In cases involving parents, the court is to ensure that the child has frequent contact with both parents and to encourage parents to share responsibility for the child, unless contact with one or both of the parents is not in the best interest of the child.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-001

Environmental Sustainability Education in Schools (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Apr 20, 2021 - This measure requires each teacher and student in a public school to receive 30 hours of education on environmental sustainability and sustainable best practices every two years. Topics may focus on scientific or skills-based knowledge related to environmental sustainability practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-002

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - Schools t ypically conduct an evaluation of instructional materials and adopt materials that best meet their needs. State Constitution Guarantees a Minimum Level of Funding for Schools. A constitutional amendment approved by the voters in 1988 (Proposition  98) established a minimum funding requirement for K-12 schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

Juvenile dependency proceedings. [Ballot]

Jun 17, 2021 - If the court determines that it is not in the best interest of the child to remain with his or her parent, a permanency hearing is conducted to determine the long-term plan for the child, which could include terminating parental rights, adoption, long-term foster care, or legal guardianship.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-004

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - In addition, the measure requires the California Health and Human Services Agency to “review all qualification requirements and protocols for entheogenic plant or substance-assisted therapy created by professional certifying bodies and adopt and implement the best standards ”.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - The program is intended to support regional coordination and expand or develop local capacity to address homelessness based on best practices. Under current state law, funding is provided to local entities and tribes as follows: (1)  80  percent to local entities generally based on their proportionate share of the homeless population in the state, (2)  2  percent to tribes
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017