California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025. After growing just 1 percent from December to February, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025. After growing just 1 percent from December to February, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855

The government plan of California. [Ballot]

Mar 31, 2026 - File 26-0002 (which would create a new process for adopting constitutional revisions). The changes would encompass changes to the justice system, elections, education, safety-net programs, and others.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-003

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Proposal Governor Proposes to Provide General Fund Appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26. The Governor ’s budget provides a $10  million one-time General Fund appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26 (to be implemented through the next round of amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Act ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Learning Lab plans to issue another round of grants using its 2025-26 funding. Learning Lab indicates these grants will operate through June 2028 and will focus on semiconductor design, public interest technology, quantum science, and agriculture technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Revising the State Constitution. [Ballot]

Mar 24, 2026 - File 26-0002). Generally, constitutional revisions change a large number of provisions or entail far reaching changes to the fundamental government plan of the state. Only the Legislature can pro pose constitutional revisions to voters.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-002

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - File No. 26-0001). Background Citizen Initiatives. The State Constitution allows voters to propose laws and amendments to the Constitution through the citizen initiative process. Before an initiative can go to a statewide vote, supporters of citizen initiatives must collect a specified number of signatures to qualify the proposal for the ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The 2025 ‑26 budget provides $1.1  billion from CCDF and $329  million from TANF for child care programs. On January 8, 2026, California and the other states sued to prevent the freeze. A federal court initially granted a temporary restraining order that was followed by a preliminary injunction, ordering that funds continue to be available pending resolution of  the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - The Legislature approved LCI ’s request to establish its own IT unit in 2023 with some ongoing support ($5.2  million and 15 positions) and some limited-term funding ($3.7  million through 2025-26). The 2026-27 proposal requests the continuation of the limited-term funding to maintain cyberinfrastructure and support workload growth, as well as an additional $2.6  million to bring
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - These numbers represent about 25  percent and 8  percent, respectively, of their historic annual averages prior to being listed as threatened or endangered under state law. Other fish that migrate through or live in the Delta also are listed as threatened or endangered, including Central Valley steelhead and Delta smelt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163