Initiative Analyses

December 17

A.G. File No. 2025-029

Rideshare companies.

This measure would (1) require background checks for rideshare drivers, (2) require rideshare companies to report sexual misconduct and assault incidents, (3) require rideshare companies to notify passengers about sexual misconduct and assault risk of drivers, and (4) increase rideshare companies’ legal and financial responsibility for rideshare-related sexual wrongdoing (Amendment #1).

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December 17

A.G. File No. 2025-028

Rideshare companies.

This measure would increase rideshare companies’ legal and financial responsibility for driver wrongdoing (Amendment #1).

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December 17

A.G. File No. 2025-027

Contracting with attorneys.

This measure provides a new constitutional right protecting the ability of people to contract with attorneys (Amendment #1).

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December 17

A.G. File No. 2025-026

Immunology and immunotherapy.

This measure allows the state to sell up to $8.4 billion in bonds to support research and development in immunology and immunotherapy (Amendment #1).

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December 12

A.G. File No. 2025-025

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety.

This measure revises and expands definition of companion chatbot, raises the age threshold for consent to the sale or sharing of personal information, prohibits certain AI products from being made available to children, and establishes new state regulatory structure for certain AI products. It also allows state and private individuals to seek monetary awards, requires the Instructional Quality Commission to review AI literacy content in the state’s curriculum frameworks, requires schools to ban use of internet-enabled devices during instructional time, and creates a children’s AI safety fund to support state oversight and implementation activities. (Amendment #1)

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December 11

A.G. File No. 2025-024

New tax on the wealth of billionaires.

This measure would create a one-time tax on California billionaires equal to 5 percent of their net worth (A.G. File No. 25-0024, Amendment #1).

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December 10

A.G. File No. 2025-023

Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects.

This measure would modify existing processes related to time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects (Amendment #1).

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November 24

A.G. File No. 2025-022

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

This measure limits attorney compensation in contingency fee contracts and the amount of medical damages that may be awarded in motor vehicle accident cases where compensation is being sought for injury or loss and increases the burden of proof that must be met to receive compensation for certain medical expenses. (Amendment #1)

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November 14

A.G. File No. 2025-021

Large health sector labor organizations’ political activities.

The measure would require larger labor organizations whose members primarily work in health care facilities to ask their members’ permission to use dues for some types of political spending (A.G. File No. 25-0021, Amendment #1).

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November 10

A.G. File No. 2025-020

Insurance regulation.

This measure makes many changes to the rules insurance companies must follow in California (Amendment #2).

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November 3

A.G. File No. 2025-019

Elections in California.

This measure would undo a law passed in 2011 related to when citizen initiatives appear on the ballot (Amendment #1).

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October 27

A.G. File No. 2025-018

Housing assistance program for certain University of California employees.

The measure requires the University of California (UC) to establish a new program offering down-payment loans to UC support staff that meet certain eligibility criteria (A.G. File No. 25-0018, Amendment #1).

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October 22

A.G. File No. 2025-017

Property tax rules for inherited property.

The measure amends the State Constitution to expand the special rules for inherited property.

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October 20

A.G. File No. 2025-016

Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers.

This measure maintains the higher income tax rates established by Proposition 30 by making them permanent instead of letting them expire in 2031 (A.G. File No. 25 0016).

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October 7

A.G. File No. 2025-015

Eligibility for elective office.

This measure would affect any state legislator who, after January 1, 2025, votes in the Legislature in favor of (1) proposing or ratifying any redistricting map or (2) any amendment to the State Constitution to modify or suspend the state redistricting process that was in effect as of January 1, 2025. For affected legislators, the measure would establish the same limitations for elective office and employment as the State Constitution establishes for Commission members, including the ten-year prohibition on holding federal, state, or local elective office and the five-year prohibition on certain kinds of employment and lobbying.

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