California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program [Publication Details]

Dec 19, 2017 - California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program [Publication Details] California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program Format: HTML Description: Chapter 747 of 2014 (SB 850, Block) authorizes California Community Colleges (CCC) to offer baccalaureate (bachelor’s) degrees on a pilot basis at 15 community college districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3722

California Community Colleges: Interim Evaluation of Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program

Dec 19, 2017 - Chapter 747 of 2014 (SB 850, Block) authorizes California Community Colleges (CCC) to offer baccalaureate (bachelor’s) degrees on a pilot basis at 15 community college districts. It also requires the Legislative Analyst’s Office to conduct an interim evaluation of the pilot program. This report fulfills that statutory requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3722

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] California Freedom from Slavery Act

Impact on State-Local Programs The significant revenue reductions associated with this measure could trigger com- parable reductions in state and local program spending. In particular, the measure would affect K-14 education’s constitutionally mandated funding formula.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090629.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 2003 Budget Analysis: Judiciary & Criminal Justice Chapter

Chapter 850 shifted primary fiscal responsibility for support of the trial courts from the counties to the state. Chapter 850 and Trial Court Funding D - 21 Legislative Analyst’s Office other recent trial court funding legislation made changes in the distribu- tion and amount of court-related fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/crim_justice/crimjust_anl03.pdf

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Housing and Community Development (2240)

We recommend the enactment of legislation to specify what portion of the $850 million should be allocated to parks. Proposition 1C authorizes a total of $850 million for a new Regional Planning, Housing and Infill Incentive program.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_14_2240_anl07.aspx

2001 Initiative Analysis: Traffic Congestion Relief and Safe School Buses Act (Version 2)

The amount is projected to be approximately $420 million in 2002-03, and about $850 million in 2003-04, increasing annually thereafter, depending on the increase in the sale of new passenger vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/011018_INT.htm

^[PDF] Use of sales tax revenues derived from the lease and sale of new passenger vehicles for transportation purposes

The amount is projected to be approximately $420 million in 2002-03, and about $850 million in 2003-04, increasing annually thereafter, depending on the increase in the sale of new passenger vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2001/011018_INT.pdf