^[PDF] Debt Service Information

As debt service climbs to about 9 percent of revenues in the com- ing years, it will continue to be one of the fastest-growing items in the state’s strained General Fund budget. Increasing Prioritization of Future Bond Issuance May Be Necessary.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/stadm/debt_service/Debt_Service_Information_Memo_10_30_09.pdf

Insurance regulation. [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2025 - The Insurance Commissioner would decide what home-hardening standards would need to be me t. An insurer could ask the Insurance Commissioner to waive this requirement if the insurer already covers a lot of homes in places with high wildfire risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-020

^[PDF] Santa Barbara County Annual Training Seminar

LET ME BEG IN VHTH THE CHANGING NATUqE OF INTEREST GROUPS, II. THt FRAGMENTATION OF INTEREST GROUPS A, G~ovm- 1 IN THE Nur"1!3ER oF INTEREST GRo_uPs 1. lNTEREST GROUPS HAVE AL~}.YS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE LEGI SLATIVE PROCESS, 2.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1984/santa_barbara_county_annual_training_seminar.pdf

Initiative Analyses

For the purposes of verification, the me asure also requires that all state and local governmental entities accept only documentation that is recognized by the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiatives?page=67

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

2003 Initiative Analysis: Limitation on Cruel Confinement of Pigs

The me asure also allows pigs to be housed in this manner during the seven-day period prior to the expected date of giving birth. The measure would become effective on January 1, 2008. Fiscal Effect This measure would result in unknown, but probably minor, local and state criminal justice costs for enforcement and prosecution of individuals charged with the new pig confinement offense.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2003/030667.htm

^[PDF] Underlying General Fund Expenditure 2007-08 to 2010-11

If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me or Jason Sisney of my staff at 319-8361 ([email protected]).
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2010/bud/dutton_letter/100740_121010.pdf

2005 Initiative Analysis: Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative (version 2)

The fiscal effect of the me asure would depend on future interpretation by the courts of what constitutes “rights or incidents of marriage,” both under existing law and under the measure. For instance, the extension of health benefits to domestic partners of government employees has tended to be considered an employee benefit, rather than an incident of marriage.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050800.htm

2005 Initiative Analysis: Voters' Right to Protect Marriage Initiative (version 2)

The fiscal effect of the me asure would depend on future interpretation by the courts of what constitutes “rights or incidents of marriage,” both under existing law and under the measure. For instance, the extension of health benefits to domestic partners of government employees has tended to be considered an employee benefit, rather than an incident of marriage.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050810.htm