Voting in California. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2025 - The voter rolls are mai ntained by county and state elections officials through the statewide voter registration database, known as VoteCal. For example, elections officials remove from the voter rolls pe ople who are deceased or who otherwise no longer are eligible to vote (for example, because they are serving a state or federal prison term for the conviction of a felony).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-007

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

Apr 11, 2025 - However, we recommend an alternative mai ntenance payment that pays only for specific evidence-based practices that will improve public safety and does so in ways that are more likely to generate state savings —two of the key goals of the original program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Strong Tax Collections Belie California's Challenging Fiscal Outlook

Apr 26, 2022 - Fortunately, though, these estimates arrive at a moment when tax collections are robust , providing policymakers with the opportunity to take protective action. In light of the constraints presented by the SAL, creating additional budget resilience would help shield the Legislature’s policy priorities in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4590

An Initial Look at Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Local Government Fiscal Condition

May 12, 2021 - Fortunately, Legislature Has Time to Decide How to Appropriate Its Federal Funds. The state has until December 31, 2024 t o spend its federal ARP allocation. As such, we recommend the Legislature not allocate all of the ARP funds available to the state as part of its 2021 ‑ 22 b udget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4428

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - Fortunately, the pandemic ’s effect on the economy —while quite serious —has not been nearly as severe as Congress anticipated in March  2020. By the end of the year, the Fed had outstanding loans under these programs of only $41.1  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

The 2020-21 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 20, 2020 - As a result, student groups have borne different shares of cost depending on the state ’s fiscal fortunes during the years they attend college. Those cohorts entering college during recessions have tended to bear a greater share of CSU ’s costs whereas those entering college during recoveries have tended to bear a smaller share.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4168

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - In this report, we assess the effects of the state’s major policies intended to reduce emissions from the generation of electricity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

The 2019-20 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - While our current projections suggest the state ’s economic and budgetary situations are very strong, these fortunes can change quickly. In fact, this is precisely what occurred after we published our Fiscal Outlook at the end of 2000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3896

Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy

Mar 8, 2017 - Fortunately, recent data suggest that the 2017 water year (October 2016 through September 2017) is very likely to be significantly better than recent years. Precipitation has been far above average throughout much of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3611

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