The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, CSU ’s Artificial Intelligence Educational Innovations Challenge ​ supports faculty-led projects that test new teaching methods that incorporate AI, including projects focused on STEM courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - This information would allow the Legislature to determine whether the proposal is addressing key challenges with child care access in regions affected by wildfires. Recommend Adopting General Child Care Reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - This would help the SPI to understand and report on key education issues, major challenges, and significant trends that affect education in California. In these reports, the SPI could make recommendations to address major challenges identified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - The protracted time line reflects the complexity of balancing multiple — often competing —goals , ongoing and potential legal challenges, and the board ’s willingness to allow time for development of a VA proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Lacking robust data on DDS program dynamics, the state in previous periods of budget challenges often enacted budget solutions that were blunt and not targeted well to minimize adverse programmatic impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Moreover, given the scale of the state’s projected budget shortfall in the coming years, the option of relying upon the General Fund or other special funds to help cover the MVA expenditures will be challenging.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - One common challenge with HHS administration budgeting methodologies is that estimated unit costs and other assumptions can become outdated because of inflation or changes in processes or program requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - What have been obstacles, challenges, or delays to implementation? To what extent and how have DSS and program partners been able to address these issues? Is further Legislative guidance (or anything else) needed to address any remaining barriers?
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - At  the same time, the administration has stated that verifying compliance for UIS adults using existing income data sources may be more challenging and that it would rely on information provided by the individual when available data are insufficient.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - SWRCB also reports increases in workload to investigate and respond to challenges from regulated entities about which waters are considered WOTUS. The 2024-25 State Budget Provided Resources to the Water Boards to Respond to New Workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144