Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - Documentary Transfer Tax. Long-standing state law permits California ’s 58 counties to impose and collect a tax on the transfer of ownership in real estate. This is known as a documentary transfer tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - The expanded special rules would apply to future property transfers. The rules would also apply to properties that have transferred since Proposition  19 took effect on February  16, 2021. Expands Special Rules to All Inherited Properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

Property tax assessment. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - When a property changes ownership again, its taxable value is reset to its new purchase price. Property Taxes Increase When a Property Changes Ownership.   The taxable value of most properties is less than what they could be sold for.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-015

Proposition 19 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - When a property changes ownership again, its taxable value is reset to its new purchase price. Property Taxes Increase When a Property Changes Ownership.   The taxable value of most properties is less than what they could be sold for.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=19&year=2020

Housing affordability and property taxes. [Ballot]

Nov 12, 2021 - When a property changes ownership again, its taxable value typically is reset to its new —usually higher —purchase price. Homeowners ’ Exemption Reduces Taxable Value of Primary Homes.   A state law, known as the homeowners ’ exemption, reduces the taxable value of primary homes by $7,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-023

Domestic ferrets. [Ballot]

Feb 9, 2022 - Fiscal Effects Given the way the measure is written, it would not directly legalize the ownership of ferrets. The California Fish and Game Commission and potentially the state Legislature would h ave to take additional steps to change existing state regulations and law in order to make ownership of ferrets legal in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-044

Local land use. [Ballot]

Oct 15, 2021 - Of California ’s 482 cities, 121 are charter cities. Zoning, Land Use, and Housing. Both general law and charter cities and counties in California make most decisions about when, where, and what type of housing will be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-016

Local rent control laws. [Ballot]

Feb 10, 2023 - Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws.   Several California cities —including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose —and some unincorporated communities have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents for housing from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-008

Local Government Control [Ballot]

Sep 15, 2020 - California ’s cities and counties make most decisions about when, where, and what type of housing will be built. Cities and counties enact zoning ordinances to set property-specific land use requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-002

Proposition 21 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws.   Several California cities —including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose —have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents for housing from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=21&year=2020