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California Charitable Research Oversight Board

upcoming
Ballot MeasureCAElection: 2026-11-03Data
Candidates
2
Pro-regulation
1
Anti-regulation
1
PAC Spending

AI Policy Relevance

Directly targets OpenAI's nonprofit-to-for-profit conversion. Filed by Suchir Balaji's mother. Backed by CANI Coalition (50+ orgs) and SF Foundation.

Oversight of Nonprofit Research Organizations

Creates a Charitable Research Oversight Board within DOJ. Establishes charitable encumbrance requiring assets of qualifying orgs be used per original charitable purposes. Can reverse nonprofit-to-for-profit conversions after Jan 1 2024. Requires board approval before expanding advanced AI capabilities.

Candidates

CandidatePartyStatusAI StancePACPAC SpendVote %
Against (OpenAI)runningAnti-regulation
For (CANI Coalition)runningPro-regulation