The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - Teacher Requirements Bachelor ’s degree, multiple subject teaching credential, and a Child Development Teacher Permit or at least 24  units of ECE/CD or comparable experience. a Child Development Teacher Permit (24 units of ECE/CD plus 16 general education units). a Child Development requirements effective August 1, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

^[PDF] Overview of Child Care and Expanded Learning Programs for School-Age Children

Teacher Qualifications Child Development Associate Credential or 12 units in ECE/CD.a Child Development Teacher Permit (24 units of ECE/CD plus 16 general education units).b Family eligibility 85 percent of state median income ($78,000 for a family of 3).
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2022/Overview-of-Child-Care-and-Expanded-Learning-Programs-for-School-Age-Children-030222.pdf

LAO 2003 Budget Analysis: Judiciary and Criminal Justice, Overview

The budget provides funds for the increased costs of housing additional inmates in the CD C. In addition, for the third consecutive year the budget provides significant increased funding of $115  million for CDC workers' compensation costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/crim_justice/cj_01_ov_anl03.htm

2001 Initiative Analysis: Heritage Tree Preservation Act

The CD FFP estimates its additional costs to be approximately $500,000 annually. Potential Compensation Claims Against State. Currently, civil courts determine whether a property owner deserves compensation for a loss in property value due to a government action.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/011045_INT.htm

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

Chronic dialysis clinics. [Ballot]

Oct 14, 2021 - CD PH must post each CDC ’s infection information on the CDPH website, including the name of a CDC ’s governing entity. Requires CDCs to Disclose Owners. The measure requires a CDC to provide patients with a list of all physicians who have an ownership interest in the clinic of at least 5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-013

2000 Budget Analysis: Res DOC

This would create a color reproduction of the original documents, which could then b e copied and sold to the public on CD-rom. The department argues that this would ensure the long-term preservation of the collection, and would make color copies available to the p ublic at a reasonable cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/resources/res_10_doc_anl00.htm

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033