Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - In those cases, the county and city each receives 27.5 cents per $500. Counties and cities can use revenues from documentary transfer taxes for any governmental purpose. All counties in California, except for one, impose a documentary transfer tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

Proposition 1 [Ballot]

Mar 5, 2024 - Counties generally provide these services to people with low incomes and severe mental illnesses. A Tax on People With High Incomes Helps to Pay for County Mental Health Services. Counties receive roughly $10  billion to $13  billion per year in statewide taxes and federal money to provide mental health care and drug or alcohol treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=1&year=2024

California Children’s Services (CCS) program. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2023 - For example, the state could not use county funds to support the financial assistance program or the increased payments to providers. The state also could not support the measure ’s costs using money from a state tax on health insurance plans known as the managed care organization tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - The public school system consists primarily of school districts and charter schools, as well as a small number of schools operated by county offices of education and a few schools operated directly by the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

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

Nov 5, 2021 - The California Departmen t of Public Health (CDPH) works closely with the state ’s 61 local public health departments (58 county and three city departments) to promote public health across California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

State and local government tax rules. [Ballot]

Nov 22, 2021 - Local governments use revenues from taxes and fees to fund a variety of services, like fire and polic e, public works, and parks. Vote Threshold for Changing Local Taxes. State law requires increases in local taxes to receive approval of the local governing body —for example, a city council or county board of supervisors —as well as approval of voters in that local jurisdiction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-026

Raising the personal income taxes for certain households to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - The remaining one-third of the revenues are provided to cities and counties to support their streets and roads. The state also assesses a $100 per year fee on ZEVs to raise funds to support state and local transportation infrastructure .
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-037

Raising taxes on certain corporations to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - The remaining one-third of the revenues are provided to cities and counties to support their streets and roads. The state also assesses a $100 per year fee on ZEVs to raise funds to support state and local transportation infrastructure .
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-038

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

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - The measure requires the new solar farms to adhere to all relevant county codes related to electric power systems, including construction inspections. Requires Existing Grid Connections be Maintained.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008