The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - Budget bill language also stated the Legislature ’s intent to appropriate $78  million General Fund in 2026 ‑27 and ongoing for this purpose, and to eventually transition all seasonal firefighters to a permanent classification (subject to future funding and legislation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU has also already set systemwide retention rate targets for the 2027 fall cohort: 88  percent first ‑year retention rate (a  4 ‑percentage ‑point increase), 81  percent second ‑year rate (a 9 ‑percentage ‑point increase), and 78  percent third ‑year rate (an 8 ‑percentage ‑point increase).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Nov 14, 2025 - For 2024-25, the budget package provides an additional $78  million from the previously enacted level that year —bringing MCS spending up to $1  billion General Fund ($636  million ongoing and $368  million one time).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5089

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - The Insurance Commissioner would decide what home-hardening standards would need to be me t. An insurer could ask the Insurance Commissioner to waive this requirement if the insurer already covers a lot of homes in places with high wildfire risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides $39  million General Fund in 2025-26, with budget bill language stating the Legislature ’s intent to provide $78  million General Fund in 2026-27 and ongoing, for CalFire to begin transitioning some seasonal firefighter positions to a permanent classification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - As of June 30, 2023, the state and Unit 16 have set aside $78 million to prefund the benefit and the unfunded liability associated with Unit 16 is $365 million. The most recent actuarial valuation of Unit 16 retiree health benefits (as of June 30, 2023) estimates that the Unit 16 funding plan is now on track to fully fund Unit 16 retiree health benefits by 2042.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget also includes $78  million one-time General Fund, nearly all of which reflects carryover funds associated with one-time local assistance initiatives funded in recent years. The majority of this carryover funding already has been encumbered.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - The study also found that participant four ‑year retention rates (75  percent) were slightly lower than the state average retention rate at the time (78  percent). These results are in line with a 2023 study on a federal loan forgiveness program, which found that the program did not have any effect on teacher employment decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - About 78  percent of students receive some type of financial aid. (CCA ’s undergraduate tuition level is slightly higher than a few other private art schools in the state and notably higher than one.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Of this total, the administration indicates that it was able to identify more non-General Fund savings than General Fund savings —with the General Fund representing 43  percent of the total identified savings —far below the 2024-25 budget assumption that 78  percent of the savings from state departments would benefit the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975