The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Even with out repayment, that fund would have more than enough to cover its expenditures, with an estimated ending balance of $95  million (22 months of expenditures) in 2025-26. Proposal Would Not Address BPPE ’s Underlying Structural Deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - The Nasdaq composite, which includes the California headquartered companies Nvidia, Google, Facebook, Apple, AMD, and Broadcom, has doubled since 2023. The meteoric rise in the value of these companies has led to sizable gains for their investors and their employees via stock options, which has led income tax collections to grow at double-digit rates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - The Nasdaq composite, which includes the California headquartered companies Nvidia, Google, Facebook, Apple, AMD, and Broadcom, has doubled since 2023. The meteoric rise in the value of these companies has led to sizable gains for their investors and their employees via stock options, which has led income tax collections to grow at double-digit rates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Similarly, the FMR for a one-bedroom unit has grown by 95  percent (compared to 42  percent growth for the maximum SSI/SSP grants for couples). As shown in Figure  6, FMR takes up a significant portion or exceeds recipient grants in all counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - (Of this amount, UC has earmarked $95  million for its systemwide program that provides student financial aid.) In addition, UC intends to use $20  million from its investment earnings for its core operating costs in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - This leaves $95  million (24  percent) in reserves subject to the cap. This is less than the $106  million the trial courts could have retained under the current 3  percent cap. Background Judicial Branch Has Extensive Facility Needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - (The previous round of grants restricted funding to schools with EL/LI of at least 95  percent.) The grant size is based on a school ’s TK-3 enrollment, with a minimum grant of $450,000. The remaining $15  million will be awarded to a COE to provide training to literacy coaches throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - These projects include $95  million for the Butte Fire Center, $17  million for the Prado Helitack Base, and $11  million for the Macdoel Fire Station. To achieve budget savings, the spending plan also reverts $32  million General Fund that was previously appropriated for the acquisition phase of a new CalFire training center, as highlighted earlier in Figure  4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

Labor Agreements to Achieve Budgetary Savings

Jul 11, 2025 - The rank-and-file and excluded employees associated with these 19 bargaining units represent more than 95  percent of the state workforce. Section 19829.5 of the Government Code establishes our ten-day review of proposed MOUs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5063

Insurer coverage of medical procedures and medication. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - Most Californians (around 95  percent) have health insurance. Around half have insurance through their employer or by buying it themselves. Most of these people are enrolled in health plans, such as Kaiser Per manente or Anthem Blue Cross.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-002