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(An SSR is an in-person review with a county caseworker and would be a condition of eligibility for the entire family.) Savings of $59.7 million from ap- plying SSRs to all cases who are not meeting fed- eral participation requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/Conf_Comm/2008/CalWORKs_Major_Issues.pdf

Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi-Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems

Netflix Prize: A Creative Example of a Private –Sector Multi –Stage Procurement In 2006, the online DVD –rental service Netflix began a creative multiyear competition that sought a best movie recommendation algorithm or formula that would help the company better predict the movies viewers would like to see based on previously viewed movies.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/stadm/IT_procurement/IT_procurement_111109.aspx

^[PDF] Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi-Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems

Under these circumstances, potential bidders have enough information from the detailed requirements to reasonably estimate the size, complexity, and costs for developing a solution and offer com- petitive proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/stadm/IT_procurement/IT_procurement_111109.pdf

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Governor ’s Proposal Shift GCP to DGS. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the GCP from VCGCB to DGS. As part of this shift, the budget transfers nine positions and $1.2  million in funding authority to DGS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

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

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

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

^[PDF] Overview on Poverty

Despite its fl aws, the poverty thresholds allow researchers and policy makers to examine trends over time using a consistent measure.  Substantial Changes Set for 2011. In September 2011, the Census Bureau will publish two sets of poverty data.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2011/Poverty_Overview_05_10_11.pdf