One initiative that is currently circulating is a proposal that would bar undocumented immigrants from receiving a driver’s license and in addition local law enforcement agencies would have to perform federal immigration functions by holding and transferring undocumented immigrants who have been arrested. It’s also worth noting that the initiative would require the state to come up with over $35 million to fight transnational gangs (in light of the state’s budget woes, your guess is as good as ours when it comes to figuring out where an extra $35 million is lying).

Listed proponents Tirso Del Junco, Ted Hilton and Bill Siler must collect signatures of 504,760 registered voters – the number equal to five percent of the total votes cast for governor in the 2010 gubernatorial election – in order to qualify it for the ballot. The signatures must be submitted by May 25th, 2012.

You can find out more about the campaign at its website here.

Here is the official ballot title and summary:

UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. REQUIRES STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TO ENFORCE FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAW. DENIES DRIVER’S LICENSES TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Requires state and local law enforcement to comply with direction from federal immigration authorities for holding and transferring undocumented immigrants arrested by law enforcement officials. Requires commitment for law enforcement agencies to perform federal immigration functions. Denies driver’s licenses to undocumented immigrants. Prohibits law enforcement from justifying arrests solely because an individual over age fifteen was driving without a license. Provides $35,000,000 annually, for 20 years, to the California Department of Justice for fighting crimes related to transnational gangs. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Increased state costs of $35 million annually from 2013-14 through 2032-33 to provide funding for investigation of transnational gang criminal activity. Increased state and local law enforcement costs, potentially reaching several millions of dollars annually, for detaining persons suspected of being unlawfully present in the U.S. and for complying with an agreement required by this measure between the state and the federal government. (11-0065)