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

Relating to attorney fees and medical damages in motor vehicle accident cases. [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2025 - This can include compensation for property damage, medical expenses, lost wages (such as if the person is unable to go to work), and pain and suffering. Compensation is typically sought from the person responsible for the accident and/or that person ’s insurance company.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-022

Gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - Such actions also could place pressure on state and local governments to backfill lost federal funding. Whether action is taken and the magnitude of such action is unknown, but the impact could be significant.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-020

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 - This could place pressure on state and local governments to backfill lost federal funding. Whether action is taken and the magnitude of such action is unknown, but the impact could be significant. Other Potential Cost Pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-027

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

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - By contrast, in years without the MCO tax, the state had to backfill the lost MCO tax revenue by spending more General Fund. Federal Approval Is Required to Use the MCO Tax to Draw Down Federal Funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - File No. 25-0020, Amendment #2). Background The State Regulates Insurance Companies. The state has many laws that insurance companies must follow. These laws are there to protect consumers from things like discrimination, fraud, or unfair treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

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

Congressional districts in California. [Ballot]

Dec 29, 2025 - Census is used by (1)  the federal government to determine how many seats in the House are apportioned to each state and (2)  states to draw new congressional district maps every ten years to reflect their number of House representatives and where people live.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-031

California Public Utilities Commission and wildfires. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2021 - On the one hand, there could be some “economies of scale ” that might be lost as certain centralized CPUC functions —such as administrative law judges, utility auditing, and safety inspections —are split among different state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-020