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

Jun 12, 2025 - As shown in Figure  5 , prison and jail populations have decreased substantially over the past decade, particularly as a result of Proposition  47 and the pandemic ‑era changes. Specifically, the number of people incarcerated in either state prison or county jail declined by about 14,000 (7  percent) between 2014 and 2015 and by about 44,000  (22  percent) between 2019 and 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

California New Car Registrations: April 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 10, 2025 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations grew 5 percent from February to March, then another 4 percent from March to April. With this strong growth, registrations reached their highest level in nearly three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/832

California New Car Registrations: April 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 10, 2025 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations grew 5 percent from February to March, then another 4 percent from March to April. With this strong growth, registrations reached their highest level in nearly three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/832

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

Jun 3, 2025 - Looking further ahead, our preliminary revenue projection for 2025-26 is $732 million, which is just $5 million above the administration ’s May forecast. Both our forecast and the administration ’s reflect the statutorily required tax increase noted above.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/831

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q1) [EconTax Blog]

Jun 3, 2025 - Looking further ahead, our preliminary revenue projection for 2025-26 is $732 million, which is just $5 million above the administration ’s May forecast. Both our forecast and the administration ’s reflect the statutorily required tax increase noted above.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/831

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Background For background information on municipal stormwater permits; why CSM considers some requirements to be state-reimbursable mandates; and the role of Proposition  218 (1996), Chapter  536 of 2017 (SB  231, Hertzberg), and court decisions in determining whether local governments had sufficient authority to raise fees to pay for their costs to comply with stormwater permit requirements,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Making some changes to requirements around how DWR must repay other state agencies that do work on the SWP (Section 5) . Explicitly including the DCP as part of the SWP. This would allow DWR to pay for the project in the same way that it has paid for other SWP facilities, that is, by issuing revenue bonds which then would be required to be repaid by contracting SWP water agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - Specifically, our revenue estimates exceed the administration ’s estimates by $5  billion to $7  billion annually from 2026-27 to 2028-29 —differences we consider very minor given the size of the budget and uncertainty in revenue forecasting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

Changes to CSU's Base Funding Over Next Three Years [EdBudget]

May 19, 2025 - A new governor will take office in 2027-28. a Reflects a deferred Year 4 base increase of $252 million and a Year 5 base increase of $265 million. b Reflects restoration of $75 million one-time reduction applied in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/971

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - GGRF Expenditure Plan LAO Bottom Line: In crafting the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) expenditure plan, we recommend that the Legislature: (1)  ensure its legislative priorities are reflected, (2)  minimize the use of continuous appropriations, (3)  give serious consideration to using GGRF to help solve the budget problem and preserve highest-priority activities, (4)  defer decisions on
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049