Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Recent changes were made to the publication of statistics required to calculate the California Necessities Index, which is used to adjust certain benefit rates and cost-of-living adjustments. In this brief, we provide details on the changes and evaluate alternatives for the index that require only currently available data and conform to the original intent of the index.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

Updating the California Necessities Index [Publication Details]

Aug 14, 2025 - Recent changes were made to the publication of statistics required to calculate the California Necessities Index, which is used to adjust certain benefit rates and cost-of-living adjustments. In this brief, we provide details on the changes and evaluate alternatives for the index that require only currently available data and conform to the original intent of the index.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5065

The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 30, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: 2018-19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The 2018-19 Budget 2018 ‑19 COLA for K-14 Education Programs The federal government recently released updated information that affects the cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) that the state provides to certain school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3816

2000 Budget Analysis: H&SS;

2000 Budget Analysis: H&SS; Analysis of the 2000-01 Budget Bill Department of Developmental Services (4300) A developmental disability is defined as a disability, related to certain mental or neurological impairments, that originates before a person's eighteenth birthday, constitutes a s ubstantial handicap, and is expected to continue indefinitely.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/health_ss/hss_12_DDS_4300_anl00.htm

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - Beyond Southern California, the plan is for some preliminary soccer matches to occur in selected cities across the United States. The Olympic torch relay also may cross the country and many parts of California, as it did in 1984.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

2002 Budget Analysis: Capital Outlay, Capital Outlay Project Management Fees

Further more, we question the need for handicapped accessibility checking for a security fence intended to prevent escapes from a state hospital roofline, or the need for environmental documents to replace aging lighting fixtures in an existing state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/cap_outlay/co_03_cc_project_management_anl02.htm

LAO 2009-10 Budget Analysis Series: General Government: Commission on State Mandates

Handicapped and Disabled II —$12.1 Million. In 1976, Congress passed the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to guarantee handicapped children the right to receive a free and appropriate public education.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2009/general_govt/gen_anl09004011.aspx

^[PDF] Child Care Budget for 2003-04 Without Realignment

LAO 60 YEARS OF SERVICE 2L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E April 28, 2003 Child Care Programs Proposed for Realignment—Local Assistance Funding Estimated 2003-04a General child care $616.5 CalWORKsb Stage 2 596.8 CalWORKs Stage 3 451.4 Alternative payment 212.3 Migrant day care 32.5 Extended day care 30.0 Campus child care 3.2 Severely handicapped 1.6 Quality
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Education/2003/Child_Care_Senate_042803.pdf

^[PDF] 1969 Budget Analysis: Local Assistance

Development Centers for Handicapped Children Chapter 1248, Statutes of 1965, established the development center program for handicapped minors to provide day care and treatment for children who are not able to attend public school programs due to severe mental retardation or physical impairment.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1969/21_local%20_assistance_1969.pdf

California Housing Affordability Tracker (4th Quarter 2025) [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2024 - Our post provides an updated snapshot of housing affordability in California. Over the last few years, we have seen a rapid increase in California housing costs, led by the dramatic increase in the costs of purchasing a home. Despite no significant growth in housing prices since 2024, monthly costs for a newly purchased home are about $2,400 higher than they were just a few years ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/793