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

Funding for arts and music education in schools. [Ballot]

Dec 21, 2021 - Beginning in 2023-24, the measure requires the state to provide additional funding to increase arts instruction and programming in schools. The amount provided each year would be e quivalent to 1  percent of the total Proposition  98 funding provided to K-12 schools in the prior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-036

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Jan 21, 2026 - Over the first few years, sch ools and other local governments would lose between $12 billion and $20 billion annually. Over time, these revenue losses would grow by 5 to 10 percent per year. About half of the revenue losses would go to cities, counties, and special districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-035

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

Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - About half of this spending is for K-12 schools, community colleges, and the state ’s public universities. (The amount spent on K-12 schools and community colleges is set by the State Constitution.) About another one-third of state spending is for health and huma n services programs, mainly for the state ’s health insurance program for low-income residents, Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Emergency shutdown orders. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - This measure defines a shutdown order as an emergency order issued by a state or local official that does any of the following: Closes or restricts to less than 75  percent the capacity of 24 or more individual elementary or high schools, houses of worship, or businesses or other commercial enterprises.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-018

Schools notifying parents of a student’s gender identity; school, college, and university sex-segregated facilities and athletic programs and activities; and certain gender-affirming medical treatment

Nov 14, 2023 - The savings could be as much as in the millions of dollars annually, which represents a very small share of overall state and local spending (for example, the state General Fund provides $37.5 billion to Medi-Cal in 2023-24).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

Funding for students attending private schools and homeschool. [Ballot]

Sep 27, 2021 - Beginning in 2023-24, this measure would allow any K-12 student to open an Education Savings Account administered by the state. After establishing an account, the student would enroll in a participating private school and submit a participation agreement to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-006

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Background California Has Nearly 6.6 Million K-12 Students. California law requires all children between the ages of 6 and 18 to attend a public school, private school, or homeschool. These options are organized into kindergarten and grades 1 through 12 (K-12).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-011

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