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

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - According to a 2023 report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, rideshare companies reported that a couple hundred million rides took place in California annually between September 2019 and August 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - According to a 2023 report by the San Francisco County Transportation Authority, rideshare companies reported that a couple hundred million rides took place in California between September 2019 and August 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-029

Proposition 34 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Before 2019, Medi-Cal paid for the cost of prescription drugs in different ways. In 2019, the state adopted a single approach called “Medi-Cal Rx. ” Medi-Cal Rx likely saves the state money because Medi-Cal pays for drugs at more discounted prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=34&year=2024

Use of school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and student participation in athletic programs and activities based on their gender identity. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Beginning in 2019-20, public K-12 schools could report a student ’s gender as either male, female, or nonbinary. There is no state requirement for private K-12 schools to collect certain student information.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

Parental or legal guardian notification if student requests gender-related accommodations. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Beginning in 2019-20, public schools could report a student ’s gender as either male, female, or nonbinary. There is generally no state requirement for private schools to collect certain student information.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-018

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

Oct 19, 2023 - In January 2019, Governor Gavin Newsom signed an executive order that, among other provisions, changed the way Medi-Cal pays for prescription drugs. Under this new approach, when a patient is prescribed a drug, Medi-Cal pays pharmacies directly for the cost to acquire a nd dispense the drug.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-021

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

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - Prior to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, CDPH had a budget of around $3  billion, about two-thirds of which was provided to local public health departments. (Both state and local public health departments have received significant one-time increases in funding for COVID-19 response.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

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