2023-24 and 2024-25 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - It also funds 0.57 percent growth beginning in 2025-26, bringing the total amount of growth added across the two years to 2.35 percent. b The 2024-25 Budget Act authorized $12 million in reappropriated Proposition 98 funds for this purpose, but only $5.4 million was available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/981

2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - 2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] $114,558 a Primarily reflects removal of 2024-25 one-time funds. b The 2025-26 budget package uses funding from the Proposition 98 reserve to cover $405 million in K-12 costs and $50 million in community college costs. c Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1007

Major Higher Education Budget Developments [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Makes no further changes to Cal Grant or MCS funding but reinstates funding for College Corps and the California College of the Arts, while adding funding for the California Indian Nations College. 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/Education/EdBudget/Details/992

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - Newest Revision  Shows State Added No Jobs from September Through December 2024.   Based on the most recent release of the early benchmarks, shown in the figure below, the monthly business survey appears to have overestimated job growth by 100,000 jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/833

Early Data Revision Shows No Job Creation During 2024 Q4 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 24, 2025 - Newest Revision  Shows State Added No Jobs from September Through December 2024.   Based on the most recent release of the early benchmarks, shown in the figure below, the monthly business survey appears to have overestimated job growth by 100,000 jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/833

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - Control Section 3.90 of the 2025-26 budget (as added by Chapter 5 of 2025 [AB 102, Gabriel]) established an expectation of the Legislature that all 21 of the state’s bargaining units would meet and confer in good faith with the administration before July 1, 2025 to achieve savings assumed in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Added Time for Certain Theft or Property Damage Felonies. Chapter  174 of 2024 (S B  1416 , Newman), Chapter  220 of 2024 (A B  1960 , Rivas), and Proposition  36 all added similar language to state law, which allows for increased sentences for people convicted of felonies in which the amount of property that was stolen or damaged is over $50,000,  with longer enhancement terms as the dollar amounts increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Changes in California State University General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Jul 30, 2025 - Changes in California State University General Fund Spending [EdBudget] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/991

California State Library Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Jul 28, 2025 - California State Library Spending by Program [EdBudget] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/999

California State Library Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Jul 28, 2025 - California State Library Funding by Source [EdBudget] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/998