Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children March 25, 2019 Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children These materials were prepared for an informational hearing about housing challenges and their impact on the well-being of children by the Senate Select Committee on the Social Determinants of Children ’s Well-Being.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - In 2019 ‑20, California expects to serve an estimated 153,000 children across all three stages on an average monthly basis. Nearly 60  percent of children served in CalWORKs child care are under age six.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - Children ’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). CHIP is a joint federal-state program that provides health insurance coverage to children in low-income families, but with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - Under this proposal, the administration would procure a vendor to implement the platform, and use of the platform would be available to all children and youth regardless of payer (including any uninsured children and youth).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 5,054 Care for Children With Severe Disabilities Provides additional access to child care services for children under the age of 21 years and with exceptional needs. c  Program is located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

^[PDF] COMMUNITY EDUCATION OF CHILDREN RESIDING IN STATE HOSPITALS

Our review indicates that some children, however, are receiving services in inappropriate settings. On December 31, 1981, for example, 51 state hospital residents whose individualized education programs indicated that they coul d benefit from special education services provided in a com- munity program off hospital grounds were being educated on hospital grounds.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1983/02_community_education_of_children_residing_in_state_hospitals.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

Artificial intelligence (AI) and child safety. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2025 - Prohibits Certain AI Products From Being Made Available to Children. The measure prohibits businesses and other entities from making “covered products ” —AI products intended to be used by children, used to process children ’s personal information, or applied directly to children —available to users under age 18, if the product
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-025

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - The measure prohibits providers of covered AI systems made available to children from engaging in certain practices. Specifically, it prohibits child-targeted advertising and limits the sale or sharing of the personal information of children under the age of 18, unless verifiable parental consent is obtained.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036