Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - To fund its operations, the measure authorizes the commission to levy annual assessments on public benefit AI companies equal to 1 to 2 percent of their California gross revenue. Allows New Civil and Criminal Penalties and Private Enforcement.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Congressional districts in California. [Ballot]

Dec 29, 2025 - Proposal Replace Proposition  50 Maps with 2021 Maps. Beginning in 2028, the measure would replace the Proposition  50 maps with the 2021 maps. The measure states that the 2021 maps would be (1)  used in congressional elections in 2028 and 2030 and (2)  replaced by new maps adopted by the Commission following the 2030 U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-031

Property taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 4, 2023 - File No. 23-0005). Background Local Governments Collect Property Taxes From Property Owners. California local governments —cities, counties, schools, and special districts —levy property taxes on property owners.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-005

Creating a new online university administered by the University of California (UC). [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2023 - Figure 2 provides key fiscal information for each segment. In 2022-23, the three segments together received a total of $18.6 billion in state General Fund support and a total of $8.6 billion in student tuition revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-034

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - Specifically, beginning February 16, 2021, Proposition  19: Ended Special Rules for Properties Not Used as a Primary Home or for Farming. Prior to Proposition  19, the rules applied to all types of inherited properties, including vacation homes and business properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

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

Dec 12, 2023 - File No. 23-0029, Amendment #1) related to the California Children ’s Services (CCS) program. Background Californians Have Health Care Coverage Through Public Programs or Private Insurance. Nearly one half of Californians have health care coverage through a publicly funded program.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

Ethnic studies course at the California State University. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - File No. 2 5-0003). Background CSU Is a Public University System in California. CSU provides undergraduate and graduate education with a focus on academic degrees through the master ’s level. Its 23 campuses enroll approximately 460,000 students.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-003

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 - About 5,000 of the state ’s 5.9  million public school students (less than 1 percent) were recorded as nonbinary in the state-maintained data system in 2022-23. Additionally, less than 1  percent of classified staff identified as nonbinary in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-019

Research and development involving certain psychedelic substances (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 7, 2023 - In 2021, businesses collectively contributed nearly 75  percent of the estimated $792  billion in R &D funding nationally. The federal government is by far the largest source of public funding for R &D —accounting for 19  percent of all R &D funding in 2021.The federal government provides funding for its own R &D centers, universities, and in partnership with businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013

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