March 14, 2024 | Brief
The second of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California; focuses on college affordability; covers changes in cost of attendance and student financial aid over the past few decades.
March 13, 2024 | Report
Makes recommendations primarily intended to increase transparency of operations and activities at county offices of education.
February 29, 2024 | Report
Analyzes the funding determination process for nonclassroom-based charter schools and makes recommendations to improve the process; highlights several key issues related to oversight of charter schools and provides recommendations for the Legislature to consider.
February 28, 2024 | Brief
Provides updates on major state broadband programs and projects and federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act broadband programs; assesses each of the broadband infrastructure proposals in the Governor’s 2024-25 budget; and offers a number of recommendations for legislative consideration.
February 28, 2024 | Brief
Analyze's the Governor’s budget proposals for the University of California (UC), with sections focusing on UC’s core operations and enrollment; revisits recent UC one-time initiatives and capital projects.
February 27, 2024 | Post
Provides a general overview of the Governor’s budget for the Department of Child Support Services (DCSS), then turns to focus on a few key DCSS budget areas, providing background, implementation updates, and some comments for the Legislature to consider.
February 26, 2024 | Post
In this post, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals relating to child welfare and foster care programs, which include a number of budget solutions.
February 22, 2024 | Brief
This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2024-25 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
February 21, 2024 | Brief
In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals relating to community college enrollment, apportionments, and nursing education.
February 15, 2024 | Report
In this report, we assess the architecture of the Governor’s overall Proposition 98 budget and analyze his major proposals for K-12 education.
February 15, 2024 | Brief
In this brief, we evaluate the Governor’s novel proposal to allow schools to keep $8 billion of cash disbursements above the minimum requirement without recognizing the budgetary impact of those payments.
February 15, 2024 | Brief
In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposals for the California State University (CSU). We also revisit recent CSU one-time initiatives and capital projects.
February 14, 2024 | Brief
This brief provides an overview of the Governor’s proposed budget for Medi-Cal; describes key trends in Medi-Cal caseload; and analyzes proposals around the managed care organization tax, provider payment increases, and other budget solutions.
February 14, 2024 | Report
Describes the Governor’s proposed budget solutions within climate, resources, and environmental programs, and provides the Legislature with suggestions for how it might modify the spending plan to better reflect its priorities and prepare to address a potentially larger budget problem.
January 30, 2024 | Report
Provides an overview and initial analysis of the Governor’s higher education budget plan.
January 23, 2024 | Report
First of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This report focuses on student access. It covers changes in student demographics, admissions, and enrollment levels, among other trends, over the past few decades.
January 4, 2024 | Report
Provides an analysis of state assistance given to businesses in response to COVID-19.
January 4, 2024 | Report
Legislation approved in 2018 established a long-term urban water use efficiency framework to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life,” creating new requirements for urban retail water suppliers across the state. This report responds to a requirement that our office assess implementation of the framework.
December 13, 2023 | Report
Discusses how meeting the state’s greenhouse gas reduction goals will affect existing fuel tax revenues and projects specific impacts on state transportation programs.
October 10, 2023 | Report
Provides (1) background on the program—discussing its goals, funding formula, and modifications; (2) an assessment of the program; and (3) recommended steps to better achieve the goals of the program.