Local taxes. [Ballot]

Aug 14, 2025 - Vote Thresholds for Local Taxes. State law permits local governments to impose various other types of taxes with local voter approval. These include property-related taxes (such as taxes on parcels of property) and nonproperty-related taxes (such as a tax on hotel stays).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-006

Limiting pay for administrators at hospitals and physician groups. [Ballot]

Sep 22, 2025 - For example, it could reduce state tax revenue, much of which comes from income ta xes. This effect could be offset, however, if affected entities increase the pay of other staff, hire more workers, or increase charity care services.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-009

Nonprofit safety net health clinic expenses. [Ballot]

Sep 22, 2025 - While recent tax filing data indicates that most FQHCs spend less than 90  percent of their annual revenue on mission-related expenses, the ultimate number of clinics that might violate the initiative ’s requirements would depend on the Attorney General ’s definition of mission-related expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-008

Amend the Constitution to allow and facilitate future, but unknown, legislative actions that could substantially increase state healthcare spending and associated tax revenues. [Ballot]

Oct 9, 2017 - The measure, on its own, would not create any new healthcare programs, establish any new taxes, increase existing taxes, or divert existing state revenues to the fund. Rather, the measure is designed to make it easier for the Legislature in the future to raise new state revenues or redirect existing state revenues to pay for state healthcare expenditures —such as, for example, on a single-payer healthcare program.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-019

California Independence in Statewide Elections Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - In its administration of California ’s state income tax, the Franchise Tax Board defines a nonresident to be any individual who is not (1) present in California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose or (2) domiciled in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-012

Transportation and high-speed rail. [Ballot]

Nov 14, 2018 - For example, if the state would have completed the San Francisco to Anaheim segment absent the measure, we estimate the measure would reduce expenditures on the project by close to $70  billion. The actual reduction in state expenditures would depend on the extent that additional state funds were authorized in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-010

Disposal and Recycling of Single-Use Plastic Packaging and Foodware. [Ballot]

Dec 26, 2019 - Depending on a variety of factors, including how much tax revenue is ultimately raised and how future expenditures are allocated, this measure could cause spending to exceed the limit. When the limit is exceeded, the Constitution requires the state to return 50  percent of any excess to taxpayers and spend the remaining 50  percent on schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-028

Proposition 1 [Ballot]

Mar 5, 2024 - Proposal No Changes to Tax. Proposition  1 does not change the tax on people with incomes over $1  million per year. State Gets Larger Share of Tax. As shown in Figure  1, Proposition  1 increases the share of the MHSA tax that the state gets for mental health programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=1&year=2024

Increases in the statewide minimum wage. [Ballot]

Jul 16, 2015 - On net, these effects likely would reduce overall state and county government expenditures on these programs, but higher costs are possible in some scenarios (such as scenarios wi th greater job loss).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-032

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - Fiscal Effects This measure would impact the expenditures and revenues of both the state and local governments. The actual magnitude of these effects, however, is uncertain and would depend primarily on how the measure is interpreted and implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009