Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Third, should notable contractions occur in the oil and gas sector as a result of new regulations, this could have broader economic impacts and neg atively affect other state and local revenue sources such as income taxes or property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - The state meets the minimum requirement by providing schools with funding from local property tax revenue and state tax revenue. Proposal Requires Students to Complete a Personal Finance Course to Graduate High School.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

Proposition 30 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - ANALYSIS OF MEASURE BACKGROUND California Personal Income Taxes. The state collects a tax on personal income earned within the state. Last year, the personal income tax raised over $130  billion in revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=30&year=2022

Peace officer use of force. [Ballot]

Oct 12, 2021 - The State Constitution limits how much tax revenues the state can spend each year. However, certain types of spending are excluded from this limit. In recent years, the limit has been an important consideration in state budgeting decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-010

Proposition 31 [Ballot]

Nov 8, 2022 - FISCAL EFFECTS Lower Tobacco Tax Revenues. Proposition 31 likely would reduce state tobacco tax revenues by an amount ranging from tens of millions of dollars to around $100  million annually. (Last year, state tobacco tax revenue was about $2  billion.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=31&year=2022

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Nov 2, 2023 - Districts pay off these bonds over time with revenue increases generated by increasing their property tax rates. The other sources of local revenue include donations, parcel taxes, interest earnings, and developer fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-026

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

Dec 12, 2023 - The state also could not support the measure ’s costs using money from a state tax on health insurance plans known as the managed care organization tax. Moreover, the measure prohibits the state from counting the new hospital grant program as a Medi-Cal payment —meaning that the state could not seek federal approval to use federal funds to help cover the cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

Funding for arts and music education in schools. [Ballot]

Dec 21, 2021 - Proposition  98 (1988) sets aside a minimum amount of state General Fund and local property tax revenue for public schools and community colleges. The size of this allotment depends on several factors, including the number of students attending public schools, growth in the state economy, and General Fund revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-036

High-quality public schools. [Ballot]

Dec 6, 2023 - The remaining funding is from a combination of local property taxes and federal funding. State Law Regulates School Operations in Many Areas. For example, the law requires school district students to take standardized tests in several subjects, specifies the courses that students must complete to earn a high school diploma, and specifies the reasons a district may suspend or expel a student.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-028

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

Sep 7, 2023 - The state collects tax revenue to fund many of its government services and facilities. It deposits most tax revenue into its General Fund, which it in turn uses to pay for education, prisons, health care, and other public services (including some research).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-013