California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Registrations rebounded substantially in the subsequent months but generally have remained below pre-pandemic levels.   For example, registrations in February 2026 were 13 percent lower than in February 2020.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Registrations rebounded substantially in the subsequent months but generally have remained below pre-pandemic levels.   For example, registrations in February 2026 were 13 percent lower than in February 2020.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Faculty teams test ways to improve learning outcomes in college-level lower division courses, including by using adaptive learning technology. Be yond awarding grants, Learning Lab undertakes various other activities, including hosting webinars and podcasts, curating a public resource library, and facilitating higher education convenings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Revising the State Constitution. [Ballot]

Mar 24, 2026 - Given that the measure aims to expand both the ability to revise the constitution as well as the ability of certain voters t o propose initiatives directly, the full scope of the changes this measure would put in place is highly uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-002

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Next, the remaining revenues would be used for (1)  the increased state and county costs associated with administering statewide primary and April elections for citizen initiatives and (2)  to compensate certain state and county government employees above their current levels of compensation if they perform certain work related to the citizen initiative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - While enrollment has increased since 2020, it remains significantly below pre‑pandemic levels. In October 2024, State Preschool enrollment was roughly 40,000 students lower than October 2019 enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - If the Legislature determines that its other existing state commitments are higher priority than the LCI activities that would be funded with these proposals, it could revise existing statutory requirements t o downscale LCI ’s responsibilities and resource needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget, however, does not propose any specific fiscal changes to implement the proposal or identify the new funding levels for CDE, SBE, and the Office of the SPI. New Role for the SPI Is Not Clearly Defined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - It divided the effort into two phases based on geography, noting that each of the two major river systems is fed by snowmelt from different geographic regions, receives differing levels of precipitation, has distinct topographies, and supports different at ‑risk fish and wildlife species.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As part of the 2012 IHSS MOE, beginning in 2012 ‑13, all counties were required to maintain their 2011 ‑12 expenditure levels for IHSS, to which an annual growth factor of 3.5  percent was applied beginning in 2014 ‑15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166