The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, CSU ’s Artificial Intelligence Educational Innovations Challenge ​ supports faculty-led projects that test new teaching methods that incorporate AI, including projects focused on STEM courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Consistently high recapture rates combined with a lower than usual award volume over the last few years has led to the rapid growth of the credit pool that now stands at $923  million. Expanded Credit Pool Has Pros and Cons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Educational Governance and Accountability: Taking the Next Step 2025 Policy Analysis for California Education A nonpartisan research center led by faculty at Stanford University, University of California, and University of Southern California, focusing on school performance and equity issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Multiple different stressors have led to the declining health of the Bay ‑Delta watershed, including physical modifications during the state ’s early gold mining history and more recent impacts from climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The administration, led by DHCS, has stated that it intends to maximize the use of existing data sources to confirm continuing eligibility of Medi ‑Cal enrollees without burdening enrollees with paperwork.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Mar 9, 2026 - The meteoric rise in the value of these companies has led to sizable gains for their investors and their employees via stock options, which has led income tax collections to grow at double-digit rates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - The meteoric rise in the value of these companies has led to sizable gains for their investors and their employees via stock options, which has led income tax collections to grow at double-digit rates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Department States That High Costs and Low Vacancy Rates Have Created Unique Cost Pressures … CHP states that it cannot depend on its historical approach to fund these activities —and therefore needs the proposed supplemental augmentation —because (1)  inflation and other costs like technology upgrades have led to uniquely higher costs, and (2)  it has comparatively lower officer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - Automating verification processes and connecting with all available data sources to the extent possible is a key strategy to mitigating the risk that eligible individuals are disenrol led. In addition to automation, additional funding support for counties to allow more time to be spent with affected enrollees could also help mitigate incorrect disenrollments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - The establishment of the mental health Receivership led to the dissolution of the Special Master. The Receiver differs from the Special Master in that a Receiver has direct executive authority and acts in place of the Secretary of CDCR in regard to the management of prison mental health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137