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: 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

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

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

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2026-27 budget proposals related to California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - During times when school districts have constrained budgets and need to reduce programs, this may result in LEAs prioritizing community schools spending and making reductions in other areas (such as math tutoring), even if they believe t hese other activities would be more beneficial for  students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

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: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - Depending on the activity, such actions might be less disruptive than having to reduce an existing program, or than beginning implementation and then having t o pause it in the next year or two due to worsening budget conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - In practical terms, this approach means being cautious about new commitments; building reserves and other buffers to protect existing school programs; and identifying proposals tha t the Legislature would be willing to delay, reduce, or reject.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110