The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Largely as a result of these policies, Medi ‑Cal caseload increased by over 3  million enrollees (25  percent) between March  2020 and June 2023, as shown in Figure  5 . Counties resumed eligibility processing in April 2023, which resulted in overall Medi ‑Cal caseload beginning to decline starting in July 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate The 2023-24 Budget Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate Constitution Requires the State to Reimburse Local Governments for Mandated Activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - In considering the state ’s 2022 ‑23 SAL estimates, we anticipate the state ’s SAL position in 2023 ‑24 to be a major consideration in the budget process and enactment. Our estimates for the state ’s SAL position across the budget window are also shown in the insert in Figure 6.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472

SRI International--Charter Schools Effectiveness

Financially autonomous (FA) schools were more likely to report that chart er status enabled them to dismiss unsatisfactory teachers (85% of FA vs. 40% of non-FA) and purchase materials in a different manner (92% of FA vs. 74% of non-FA).
https://lao.ca.gov/1997/121197_charter_schools/sri_charter_schools_1297-part2.html

^[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

People 21 years of age and older in California, who are not on tribal lands, would be able to place bets no later than September 2023. „ Allows bets on athletic events (such as football games) and some non-athletic events (such as awards shows and video game competitions).
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - The Governor ’s budget provides $3.5  million from the General Fund in 2022 ‑23 (and $10  million annually from 2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26) for DMV to lease dedicated commercial drive test centers in the Bay Area and northern Los Angeles County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - One potential interpretation is that the state is making high risk-high reward bets on businesses. While many of these bets do not pan out, the ones that do can be successful enough to yield overall benefits for the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/771

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The state solved a $27  billion deficit in 2023 ‑24, a $55  billion deficit in 2024 ‑25, and a $15  billion deficit in 2025 ‑26 (in addition to roughly $28  billion in proactive budget ‑balancing actions taken the year before).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - Assuming this measure appears on the November 2022 ballot and is approved b y voters, this authorization would begin January 1, 2023, with wagering becoming publicly available no later than the end of August 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

^[PDF] The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

The Governor’s budget provides $3.5 million from the General Fund in 2022-23 (and $10 million annually from 2023-24 through 2025-26) for DMV to lease dedicated commercial drive test centers in the Bay Area and northern Los Angeles County.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4540/Supply-Chain-Port-Infrastructure-021522.pdf