Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - Restricts the Ability of Licensed Insurers to Deny Coverage to Homeowners. Insurers could not deny insurance on any home that meets certain home-hardening standards. The Insurance Commissioner would decide what home-hardening standards would need to be me t.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

January Budget Proposal for 3 Positions at Public Utilities Commission to Support Procurement of Advanced Energy Storage (AES).

May 18, 2010 - The California Energy Commission (CEC) and the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) recognize that a great deal of research is still necessary in order to make AES a com mercially viable option which can be deployed in a cost-effective manner.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/229

Insurer coverage of medical procedures and medication. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - Health Insurers Can Deny or Change Services, With Some Limits. There are some cases when health insurers (including public programs) can deny or change a provider-recommended service to a patient. For example, health plans do not have to cover health care services beyond the state law ’s requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-002

^[PDF] The Fair Insurance Premiums and Practices Act

However, state law currently prohibits a residential property insurance company from increasing premi- ums, denying a discount, or refusing to issue or renew insurance coverage based on cer- tain types of information.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2009/090640.pdf

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

For the above reasons, we recommend the following: • Deny Requests for Additional Permanent Positions Until a Com- prehensive Study of CTC’s Operations is Completed and Re- viewed. Specifically, we recommend that the Legislature deny the budget’s requests for eight new positions and converting 6.5 posi- tions approved on a limited-term basis in the 1998-99 Budget Act to permanent status.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_anl99.pdf

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

^[PDF] LAO 2000 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

We be- lieve that in July, when the SDE releases the spring 2000 Standardized Testing and Reporting test results (the 1999-00 API scores), and deter- mines which schools receive rewards, the program will be in the news again.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/education/ed_anl00.pdf

^[PDF] Department of Water Resources—SBX7 8 Bond Appropriations

Language creates consis- tency with updated control language to allow for stream- lined updates to regulations and local assistance criteria. 24 3860-001-6051 Match Delta natural com- munities conservation plan local assistance to local needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2010/Department_of_Water_Resources_SBX7_8_Bond_Appropriations_060710.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Education Departmental 2 Issues

Deny Request for Permanent and New Positions We recommend that the Legislature deny the Commission on Teacher Credentialing's (CTC) request for $449,000, eight additional positions, and conversion of 6.5 limited-term positio ns to permanent status, because these positions are not adequately justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_depts2_anl99.html