The 2026-27 Budget: CDTFA’s Cannabis and Tobacco Programs

Feb 23, 2026 - A somewhat similar problem arose in 2006, when the Legislature and the administration started to redirect tobacco tax revenues to support the Tobacco Licensing Program. At the time, some argued that this was justified because those tobacco tax funds derive benefits from the enforcement provided by the Licensing Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5132

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - These deposits were made in the 2006 ‑07 and 2007 ‑ 08 e nacted budgets when the economy was still expanding, but were quickly used to address budget deficits that emerged later on in the 2007 ‑08 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - The fourth housing element planning cycle, which began sometime between 2006 and 2008 for most cities and counties, recently ended. Most cities and counties now are a couple years into their fifth planning cycle.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605