The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Consistent with that report, BPPE is now seeking legislative approval for fee increases as part of its sunset review t his spring. Most notably, under BPPE ’s proposal, the annual fee would increase to 0.75  percent of each campus ’s total revenue from California students, with a minimum fee of $4,000 and a maximum fee of $80,000 per campus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Of these, about 665,500 are estimated t o not meet the requirement, becoming at risk of losing food assistance. Any discontinuances would gradually occur over 12 months as affected recipients undergo annual recertification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

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

Mar 19, 2026 - If the Legislature determines that its other existing state commitments are higher priority than the LCI activities that would be funded with these proposals, it could revise existing statutory requirements t o downscale LCI ’s responsibilities and resource needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - (SWRCB estimates t hat exempting state-only permits from having to meet CEQA requirements would shorten their preparation time lines by at least a year.) Aligning Public Notification Requirements With Federal Processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

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

Jan 20, 2026 - In addition, t he commission would have authority to oversee certain corporate governance practices and material financial transactions, conduct audits and investigations, issue binding directive s and emergency orders, and adopt regulations necessary to implement the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

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

Jan 20, 2026 - If initial registration fees are insufficient to establish the commission, the State Controller may advance up to $10 million from the General Fund, to be repaid with interes t within three years of the first annual assessments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

Time limits, environmental reviews, and judicial reviews for certain types of infrastructure projects. [Ballot]

Dec 10, 2025 - Third, the measure would allow the court to temporarily stop any part of an essential project t hat posed a public safety risk (until the issue was addressed), but would not allow the court to stop the project overall.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-023

Contracting with attorneys. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - People may also pay for a private attorney t o assist with legal matters that do not involve the courts, such as assistance with writing a will or entering into a business contract. Attorneys Can Be Paid in Various Ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-027

Rideshare companies. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - If an agreement for compensation cannot be reached outside of court, t hese people may pursue lawsuits in court. In rideshare-related court cases, monetary awards can be levied against various parties, including the person who is found to have committ ed the wrongdoing —such as the driver or passenger —and/or the rideshare company.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-028

Elections in California. [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2025 - Costs for the state could be in t he low millions of dollars for printing and mailing costs associated with the Voter Information Guide for each statewide election cycle . Costs for county governments would depend on whether the additional initiatives would require county elections officials to use more pages for the ballot.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-019