Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - File No. 25-0026, Amendment #1). Background U.S. Medical Research and Development (R &D) Is a Multi-Stage Process. Basic research, which is mostly conducted by universities, focuses on discovering new scientific knowledge.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

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

Jan 20, 2026 - Such executives may be subject to penalties of up to $10 million per violation. In addition, certain willful misconduct —such as unauthorized expansion of AI capabilities or obstruction of investigations —would be punishable as a felony, with potential imprisonment of up to five years and fines of up to $10 million, or an amount equal to twice the financial gains resulting from the misconduct.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

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

Jan 20, 2026 - If initial registration fees are insufficient to establish the commission, the State Controller may advance up to $10 million from the General Fund, to be repaid with interes t within three years of the first annual assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

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

Sep 7, 2023 - Given inflationary effects over the 30-year period, the total cost of the bonds is projected to be about 10  percent more expensive than if the state paid in cash. The annual payments would be less than 1  percent of state General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013

Special taxes. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure would require these audits to (1) evaluate each program that would receive funding from the special tax contained in the proposed initiative and (2) address specific issues identified by the measure including assessing the efficiency of the program and recommending how the audited program could reduce its annual costs by 10 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-040

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - For example, CDI would have one-time costs for rulemaking and ongoing costs to review waiver r equests from insurers. These costs could be paid by CDI charging insurers additional fees. Changes in Insurance Tax Revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

Congressional districts in California. [Ballot]

Dec 29, 2025 - Historically, prior to 2025, states have rarely drawn new congressional districts sooner than every 10 years. California Citizens Redistricting Commission. Before 2010, the California Legislature drew the state ’s congressional district maps.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-031

Eligibility for elective office. [Ballot]

Oct 7, 2025 - It specifies that “a commission member shall be ineligible for a period of 10 years beginning from the date of appointment to hold elective public office at the federal, state, county, or city level in this State. ” The State Constitution places additional limitations on Commission members for a period of five years from the date of appointment that prohibit them from
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-015

The enforcement of and sentencing for certain criminal offenses. [Ballot]

Dec 4, 2019 - Counties must use this funding to provide (1)  direct services and support, (2)  prevention and early intervention, and (3)  innovative programs. Many counties use a portion of these funds to provide services in a way that allows them to receive federal reimbursements through Medi-Cal (a program to cove r health care costs for low income families and individuals), which allows the counties to receive additional federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-024

Landfills. [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - Specifically, the measure allocates these revenues in the following ways: (1)  50  percent is retained by the owner of the garbage truck or dumpster for the purpose of purchasing electric garbage trucks and supporting related expenses; (2)  30  percent is provided to local governments to offset compliance costs, support road maintenance, and reduce waste-related taxes and fees
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-006