The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - After accounting for a 5.35 percent statutory cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA), deposits into the Proposition 98 reserve, and various other adjustments, we estimate the Legislature has $9.5 billion in ongoing funds available for allocation in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - The budget provides $2.4  million one-time General Fund for the Civil Right Department ’s California vs. Hate initiative. California vs. Hate is a non-emergency hotline and online portal that allows state residents to report hate crimes and hate incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - Focus Here on Major Downturns Because Short-Lived Corrections Usually Have Little Impact on Revenues. Smaller, short-lived corrections occur frequently, among them the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2011 U.S. debt celing standoff, the 2015 Chinese growth slowdown, the early pandemic drop in 2020, and the 2025 tariff selloff.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - Focus Here on Major Downturns Because Short-Lived Corrections Usually Have Little Impact on Revenues. Smaller, short-lived corrections occur frequently, among them the 1997 Asian financial crisis, the 2011 U.S. debt celing standoff, the 2015 Chinese growth slowdown, the early pandemic drop in 2020, and the 2025 tariff selloff.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - The lease stipulated that units would be reserved first for Fairview DC employees and it also reserved a certain share for DDS consumers transitioning from Fairview DC into community living situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

Lanterman Closure Proposal Has Merit, But Plan Lacks Fiscal Details

May 4, 2010 - Figure 1 Community Living Options for Persons With Developmental Disabilities   Supported Living Services Welfare & Institution (W &I) Code Section 4689 These services allow individuals to live in their own home by assisting with activities of daily living.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/206

2023-24 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Aug 4, 2023 - 2023-24 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] 2023-24 Enacted Spending $12,456 a Applies to the Adult Education Program, apprenticeship programs, basic needs centers, CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, mandates block grant,
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/762

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - To score well on this assessment, the average of the differences across years should be small. It  is also important that these differences be symmetric: a new measure should minimize the extent to which changes are consistently higher or lower than the current CNI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

^[PDF] Funding and Oversight of State Developmental Centers

All of the DCs provide residential and day programs, as well as health care and assistance with activities of daily living, education, and employment.  The DC Population Has Steadily Declined in Recent Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Health/2012/Funding_Oversight_DC_10_23_12.pdf

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Developmental Services (4300)

The DDS has developed a regulations package for rates for supported living services that is currently in the formal regulatory review process. (Supported living services consist of a broad range of services to developmentally disabled adults who choose to live in homes they own or lease in the community.)
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/health_ss/hss_06_4300_anl07.aspx