The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - This presumably would reduce the number of protests (Sections 3 and 4) . Making some changes to requirements around how DWR must repay other state agencies that do work on the SWP (Section 5) . Explicitly including the DCP as part of the SWP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - Figure  3 provides a broader perspective on changes in long-term spending across major programs —largely reflecting the May Revision ’s ongoing solutions. (However, the figure also captures the effects of updated assumptions and estimates.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The 2020-21 budget specified that the noted savings could be achieved through any combination of (1)  MOUs, side letters, or other labor agreements; (2)  furloughs; and (3)  other reductions of excluded employees ’ compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - GGRF Expenditure Plan LAO Bottom Line: In crafting the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) expenditure plan, we recommend that the Legislature: (1)  ensure its legislative priorities are reflected, (2)  minimize the use of continuous appropriations, (3)  give serious consideration to using GGRF to help solve the budget problem and preserve highest-priority activities, (4)  defer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

UC Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]

May 18, 2025 - UC Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]     a The May Revision reduces the planned base reduction from 7.95 percent, as agreed to in last year's budget, to 3 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/956

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - The May Revision reduces planned base cuts from 7.95  percent, as agreed to in last year ’s budget, to 3  percent. This change increases ongoing General Fund costs by $267  million for UC and $231  million for CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

Assessing California’s Climate Policies: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - We note that to the extent the Legislature would like to direct additional spending toward reducing GHGs, such as by funding GHG reductions outside of the capped sectors, it would be important to consider factors such as (1)  the cost ‑effectiveness of this spending; (2)  how this spending interacts with other programs besides cap ‑and ‑trade; (3)  any co ‑benefits beyond GHG
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - We recommend the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal and fund the mandate for three key reasons: (1)  the appellate court found that SB  231 does not apply retroactively and local governments lacked sufficient authority to raise stormwater-related fees prior to 2018, (2)  CSM determined these were state-reimbursable mandates, and (3)  local governments already incurred
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Comparing Figure  1 with the 2023 data in Figure  3, white, Black, and Multiple/Other individuals are overrepresented among credit recipients relative to their California population share, while Hispanic/Latino and Asian individuals are  underrepresented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036