An issue has arisen regarding the transition costs in 2010-11 of switching to a new fiscal intermediary (FI) for Medi-Cal. The Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) estimates the new contract will

Apr 23, 2010 - Essentially, Blue Sky argued that the cost of remaining with the incumbent FI (HP/EDS) was overstated for several cost categories, because DHCS had assigned transition costs to the HP/EDS FI while assigning no corresponding costs to Xerox/ACS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/203

^[PDF] LAO 2002 Budget Analysis: Education Chapter

The deadline for submit- ting a CSRD application is May 15, 2002. • Legislature Provides Planning Grants for HP. In the Third Ex- traordinary Session, the Legislature provided $18 million for 2001-02 planning grants for schools participating in the HP grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_anl02.pdf

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

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

^[PDF] Overview of the 2007-08 May Revision

The May Revision also redirects $100 million from the High Priority School Grant Program (HP Program) to two new initiatives—hiring new career technical educa- tion teachers ($50 mil- lion) and new teachers of college preparatory classes ($50 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/may_revise/may_revise_051507.pdf

Overview of the 2007-08 May Revision

The May Revision also redirects $100 million from the High Priority School Grant Program (HP Program) to two new initiatives —hiring new career technical education teachers ($50 million) and new teachers of college preparatory classes ($50 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/may_revise/may_revise_051507.aspx

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

^[PDF] Supplemental Report Of the 2002 Budget Act 2002-03 Fiscal Year CONTAINING STATEMENTS OF INTENT ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OR REQUESTS FOR STUDIES

Supplemental Report of the 2002 Budget Act Page 35 • Partnering with trained coaches from the CSMP to conduct course-writing workshops for targeted low-performing high schools identified through the S/UP program, II/USP, and the HP program.
https://lao.ca.gov/2002/supplemental_report/supp_rpt_2002_budget_act.pdf

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091