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

Proposal L E G I S L AT I V E A N A LY S T ’ S O F F I C E 5 (Continued) Exempts Revenues From State Spending Limit and Minimum Education Spending Levels „ Changes the California Constitution to exempt sports betting revenues from certain rules that impact the state budget, including a state spending limit (commonly referred to as the state appropriations limit)
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

^[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

L E G I S L AT I V E A N A LY S T ’ S O F F I C E 5 (Continued) Allows Additional Gambling at Tribal Casinos „ Changes the California Constitution to allow roulette and games played with dice at tribal casinos, if tribal-state compacts are changed to allow them to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - This is about $5  billion larger than the budget problem anticipated by the administration in June. Figure  3 provides our estimates of the General Fund condition, including our estimate of the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

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

Mar 9, 2026 - The three minor downturns  (1981, 1987, and 1990) led to income tax declines of less less than 10 percent (average of 5 percent), with revenues recovering quickly. The four major downturns were more severe, with income tax declines ranging from 17 percent to 30 percent (average of 24 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - The three minor downturns  (1981, 1987, and 1990) led to income tax declines of less less than 10 percent (average of 5 percent), with revenues recovering quickly. The four major downturns were more severe, with income tax declines ranging from 17 percent to 30 percent (average of 24 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

^[PDF] Online sports wagering.

Rob Bonta 5 October 20, 2021 given this proposed expansion in legal gaming activities. (The state currently receives payments to offset its regulatory and other gaming-related costs, which would be unlikely to change.)
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2021/210494.pdf

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - As Figure  5 shows, however, as measured by the consumer price index, prescription drug cost inflation has slowed over the past 50 years. While drug inflation has tended to exceed overall inflation, this trend reversed in the last few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Option 5 Households with incomes above 150 percent up to 250 percent of the FPL would be upgrade to more generous plans. $278 million to $322 million All deductibles would be eliminated. Option 6 No change for households at or below 200 percent of the FPL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - This tax is applied to the amount a person bets. Additionally, the measure authorizes DOSBC to take va rious enforcement actions, including requiring people making such bets to register with DOSBC, requiring entities illegally offering online sports wagering to disclose the names of people who make wagers with them, and blocking access to illegal sites accepting sports wagers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - Analysis Predicting AB  5 Workload Difficult at This Early Stage . . . As we noted earlier, at this time we cannot predict how many contractors will be reclassified and hired as employees due to AB  5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4151