The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - School staff often do not have the skills or experience to implement key aspects of the community schools model, such as improving community eng agement and building partnerships with other local organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - The net fiscal impact of the ind irect effects of the measure is unknown at this time. Summary of Fiscal Effects. We estimate that the measure would have the following major, direct fiscal effect: Increased state costs of about $500 million annually for 25 years to repay the bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

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

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes General Fund reappropriations for public health equity initiatives, including Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (LGBTQ+) Women ’s Health Equity ($15.5  million); reproductive health ($13.3  million); and support for LGBTQ+ foster youth ($4  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - As shown in Figure   14 , almost 90   percent of CalWORKs heads of household were women in 2022. Among cases with two eligible parents, a smaller proportion of heads of household were women (73   percent), as compared to all cases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Additionally, applicants can voluntarily submit a list of programs and initiatives they have in place to increase representation of minorities and women. Finally, while not explicitly mentioning diversity, the Pilot Career Pathways Training Program, which provides training and pathways into relevant employment, is stated to target individuals from underserved communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - Additionally, the administration ind icates it does not anticipate proposing future changes to the baseline. This means it would not be adjusted for policy changes such as Proposition  36 (2024). Proposition  36 increased punishment for various theft and drug crimes, which could make it easier for people to fail-to-prison while on county felony supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Subsidized employment programs appear more likely to result in long-term benefits when: (1)  employers have a business model that makes it realistic for them to hire participants full time after the program ends and (2)  the target population is women or long-term unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The department also maintains 85 beds for women and people sentenced to death in state prisons that can be operated as either ICF or APP beds. Additionally, there are 30 beds in state hospitals that CDCR can refer women to.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 23, 2024 - In its 2021 Women’s Earnings Report , CalHR found that women employed by the state earn 14.5 percent less than men employed by the state because jobs that tend to be filled by men are compensated more than state jobs that tend to be filled by women.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4920