The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - This creates a fundamental barrier to scaling specific course curricula or implementing redesigned pedagogies, as faculty are not required to adopt them. There Are Opportunities to Achieve Same Objectives Within Each Segment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Child Care Programs Must Comply With Certain Federal Requirements. Most of the federal funding the state appropriates for child care programs is provided through the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's budget augmentation proposals for the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation's administrative and policy activities and statutorily required activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - For example, lack of funding could limit the state ’s CEQA guidance capacity, delay or interrupt the implementation of some of LCI ’s programs, and result in noncompliance with statutory requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Specifically, the 2018 budget package: Removed a requirement that 25  percent of credits be reserved for businesses with less than $2  million in annual revenue. Required applicants to demonstrate that receiving the credit would influence their decision to create jobs in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Most notably, it establishes the SPI and the SBE, makes the SPI a statewide elected position, requires the SBE to adopt textbooks for grades one through eight, and requires the SBE to approve the SPI ’s senior deputies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Previously, the Bay ‑Delta Plan did not include flow requirements for these three rivers but instead required a minimum volumetric flow at a single location on the mainstem of the San Joaquin  River.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - However, as part of the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI), the county share of cost model —which required counties to pay a certain percent of nonfederal IHSS costs —was replaced with an IHSS   MOE —which required county costs to reflect a set amount of nonfederal IHSS costs (which would be adjusted annually by a growth factor and a portion of locally negotiated wage increases).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Projects in both categories also receive points based on the amount of the local contribution, with districts generally required to cover at least 25  percent of total project costs and receiving more points for covering a larger share.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2026 - Analyzes the Governor’s budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), with a focus on a budget proposal to continue planning the proposed Life Outcomes Improvement System (LOIS) information technology project, implementation of new H.R.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5157