California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - This measure amends the Constitution to authorize games played with cards or tiles, including blackjack and baccarat, as long as they are not banking games, at cardrooms. The measure specifies that any revenues generated by these additional gaming activities will be subject to local tax or fee requirements that were in place as of January 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009

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

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

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

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

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

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

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