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High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report

March 27, 2025 - Presented to: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation


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High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report

March 26, 2025 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation


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Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

March 25, 2025 - This brief is intended to give policymakers a high-level overview of the state’s role in supporting K-12 career technical education programs. We also raise key issues for the Legislature as it considers policy and budget decisions related to career technical education.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

March 19, 2025 - In this post, we assess key drivers of the structural imbalance of the Department of Real Estate’s primary source of funding—the state Real Estate Fund—and make recommendations to help ensure solvency.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

March 18, 2025 - The Governor’s budget includes several proposals under the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz). In this post we evaluate and provide recommendations for three of these proposals: California Competes Grants, California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program, and CHIPS.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

March 18, 2025 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposals to fund community college capital outlay projects under Proposition 2, the new education facilities bond.


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Achieving the Goals of the SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

March 13, 2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 On Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation


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The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

March 11, 2025 - This post contains assessments and recommendations related to two proposed budget augmentations: the College Corps program and a new Belonging Campaign.


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The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

March 10, 2025 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposals for College of the Law, San Francisco (CLSF). In 2025‑26, CLSF would receive $101 million in total core funding, reflecting a $15 million (17 percent) increase from 2024‑25. Both of CLSF’s main sources of core funding would increase, with tuition revenue projected to increase $4.3 million (7.8 percent) and state General Fund proposed to increase $11 million (40 percent).


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The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

March 7, 2025 - In this post, we provide background on the State Library and analyze the Governor's budget proposals.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

March 7, 2025 - In this brief, we assess the Governor’s 2025-26 educator workforce proposals and provide associated recommendations.


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The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

March 7, 2025 - This post provides issues for legislative consideration, as well as questions for the Legislature to ask, ahead of an expected May Revision budget proposal to fund development and implementation of the California State Payroll System information technology project.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

March 6, 2025 - The senior caseload in Medi-Cal has grown about 40 percent since the COVID-19 pandemic. This brief explores the causes of this growth and raises issues we think merit legislative oversight.


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The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

March 6, 2025 - This post provides an overview of the Governor’s proposed 2025-26 budget for In-Home Supportive Services, provides updates on some of the most recent prior-year policy changes, and raises questions and issues for the Legislature to consider.


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The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

March 6, 2025 - This report assesses the implementation in Medi-Cal of the Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports benefits and raises key oversight issues for the Legislature.