The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - Since 1992-93, furloughs have been used in nine fiscal years (1992-93, 1993-94, 2003-04, 2008-09 through 2012-13, and 2020-21). Furloughs typically reduce state employee pay by roughly 5  percent for every day-per-month of furlough.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program a Calculated as the average felony probation failure ‑to ‑prison rate between 2006 and 2008. b State savings were calculated at about $29,000 per person diverted from prison and parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - From 2008 ‑2010 to 2017 ‑2019, the share of California young adults surveyed who indicated having serious thoughts of suicide increased by about 50  percent, from 6.6  percent to 10.1  percent. From 2008 ‑10 to 2018 ‑20, rates of suicide in California among youth aged 15 through 24 increased by more than 20  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - Doctoral students entering UC  Merced from 2008 through 2010 had a two ‑year retention rate of 83  percent, a four ‑year retention rate of 68  percent, and an eight ‑year completion rate of 62  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 Budget: Temporary Corporation Tax Increases [EconTax Blog]

May 17, 2024 - Should the Governor ’s proposal take effect, the state will have disallowed NOL deductions in nearly half of years between 2008 and 2027. At this rate, it seems reasonable to ask whether suspensions have begun to meaningfully undermine the purpose of allowing NOL deductions in the first place.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/804

The 2024-25 Budget: Temporary Corporation Tax Increases [EconTax Blog]

May 17, 2024 - Should the Governor ’s proposal take effect, the state will have disallowed NOL deductions in nearly half of years between 2008 and 2027. At this rate, it seems reasonable to ask whether suspensions have begun to meaningfully undermine the purpose of allowing NOL deductions in the first place.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/804

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - This report examines disproportionalities and disparities across California’s child welfare system in terms of income and race/ethnicity. The report provides background on the child welfare system, describes child welfare system disproportionalities and disparities, and lays out potential drivers of these inequities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2024-25 Budget: State Employee Compensation

Mar 21, 2024 - As we indicated in 2008 and 2015 and the State Auditor indicated in 2002 , this law was ineffective as most chronically vacant positions were never eliminated and departments found ways to preserve their position authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4888

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs 24 Failed a Due to the American Recovery and Investment Act of 2009, states could receive the caseload reduction credit from either 2007 or 2008 for WPR calculation from 2008 to 2011.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - ESE replaced the original CalWORKs Subsidized Employment Program (which was implemented in 2008) in 2013 and is now the only CalWORKs program providing dedicated subsidized employment funding. Counties may fully or partially subsidize the wages of some CalWORKs recipients for six months to a year —making it less costly for an employer to hire a CalWORKs participant compared to a non ‑CalWORKs participant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872