Local rent control laws. [Ballot]

Feb 10, 2023 - Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws.   Several California cities —including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose —and some unincorporated communities have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents for housing from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-008

Proposition 33 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws.   Some local governments in California have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents from one year to the next. These laws often are called rent control.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024

Proposition 21 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Several Cities Have Rent Control Laws.   Several California cities —including Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose —have laws that limit how much landlords can increase rents for housing from one year to the next.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=21&year=2020

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - Local governments, such as cities, counties, and local transit authorities, generally own and operate these agencies. In 2019, passenger fares and fees provided 17  percent of funding for these agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Proposition 30 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - The degree to which this would happen and how much revenue the state might lose as a result is unknown. Potential Reductions to Other State Programs to Comply With State Spending Limit. With some exceptions, such as responding to emergencies and building infrastructure, the California Constitution limits how much the state can spend.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=30&year=2022

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - As mentioned above, a key decision for CPUC and POU boards when they are structuring rates is how much of the revenue requirement to recover from fixed charges (a set amount per month) versus volumetric charges (an amount based on how much electricity the customer uses).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

Renewable energy (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Aug 22, 2023 - For these LSEs, CPUC determines how much energy is needed to meet statewide demand, then directs them to procure enough resources to support that demand. CPUC also sets electricity rates for the LSEs under its jurisdiction and enforces state safety rules and regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-008

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Proposition  2 limits how much can be saved in the constitutional reserve to 10  percent of General Fund taxes. (There is no limit on how much can be saved on a discretionary basis.) Currently, this is about $21  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028