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

Theft crimes. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2022 - These increases in coun ty correctional populations would be partially offset by some people convicted of petty theft or shoplifting being sentenced to state prison rather than county jail and/or communit y supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-041

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - Specifically, some information must be withheld or redacted (such as Social Securi ty numbers) while other information may be withheld or redacted. In such cases, state law requires entities to justify the withholding of any disclosable public record.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

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

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - For example, the measure prohibits the division from placing limits on the ty pe or amount of free bets or promotional credits offered to individuals, as well as from specifying how odds are to be calculated.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

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

Public sector unions and collective bargaining. [Ballot]

Sep 28, 2021 - CalPERS administers the retirement plans for state employees, CSU facul ty and staff, and nonteaching school and community college employees. The UC administers its own retirement plan for its faculty and staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-008