^[PDF] The board either approves, rejects, or revises those

The board either approves, rejects, or revises those recommendations. — Working groups that are appointed by ESCs to carry out subtasks and make recommendations. For example, the ESC tasked with reviewing local detention facility standards convenes multiple working groups, each focused on a particular subject area (such as nutritional health).
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2021/Local-Detention-Facilities-Review-030821.pdf

^[PDF] A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

The board either approves, rejects, or revises those recommendations. — Working groups that are appointed by ESCs to carry out subtasks and make recommendations. For example, the ESC tasked with reviewing local detention facility standards convenes multiple working groups, each focused on a particular subject area (such as nutritional health).
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/A-Review-of-State-Standards-and-Inspections-for-Local-Detention-Facilities-030222.pdf

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

^[PDF] The 1989-90 Budget: Perspectives and Issues

The budget's growth also reflects the growth of entitlement programs such as Aid to falllilies with Dependent Children (AFDC), Supplemental Security IncomelState Supplementary Program (SSl/SSP) and Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1989/pandi_89_part1.pdf

^[PDF] Focus Budget 1995: Highlighting Major Features of the 1995 California Budget

Qualifying Disability for SSl!SSP Benefits. The bud- get assumes enactment of federal legislation to eliminate alcohol or drug abuse as a qualifying disability for the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Pro- gram (SSI/SSP) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1995/focus_budget_1995_highlightling_major_features_of_the_1995_california_budget.pdf

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

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - Working groups that are appointed by ESCs to carry out subtasks and make recommendations. For example, the ESC tasked with reviewing local detention facility standards convenes multiple working groups, each focused on a particular subject area (such as nutritional health).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091