The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Money Transmitters Program. Regulates, supervises, and examines businesses that receive money for transmission and sell or issue payment instruments and stored value. (These can include businesses that issue money orders and traveler ’s checks, as well as those that offer digital payments, such as PayPal and Stripe.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

^[PDF] Santa Barbara County Annual Training Seminar

IMPLICATIONS 1, THE SHARP RISE IN THE COST OF CAMPAIGNING, PRED ICTABLY, HAS INCREASED THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE MUST SPEND RAISING CAMPAIGN FUNDS, 2, As ONE PROMINENT MEMBER HAS PUBLICLY STATED, "THE FI RST THING 1 THINK ABOUT WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORN ING IS MONEY, AND THE LAST THI NG I TH IN!
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1984/santa_barbara_county_annual_training_seminar.pdf

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - The budget reverts $5  million from the Small Agricultural Business Drought Relief Grant Program, which provides relief to small agricultural businesses that suffer a decline in revenues or profits due to drought/flood conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - The budget reverts $5  million from the Small Agricultural Business Drought Relief Grant Program, which provides relief to small agricultural businesses that suffer a decline in revenues or profits due to drought/flood conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

Improving Higher Education Oversight - Improving Higher Education Oversight [Video]

This report finds a need for robust and deliberate state oversight that enables poli cymakers to monitor how efficiently and effectively the postsecondary system is serving the state ’s needs, and to make changes to improve its performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=51

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Instead, much of the bounce appears to be tied to special forms of pay for high ‑income workers, such as bonuses and stock  compensation. Booming Stock Market Driving Income Growth. The recent run ‑up in the stock market, which appears tied to optimism surrounding artificial intelligence, is a primary driver of the rapid growth in pay to high ‑income workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

^[PDF] The Master Plan at 50: Guaranteed Regional Access Needed for State Universities

Conversely, some campuses have at times sought to increase enrollment by easing application require- ments, such as extending application deadlines up to the beginning of the term. (See nearby box for a recent example of CSU’s efforts to manage enrollment in the face of a changing state budget.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/edu/regional_access/regional_access_021411.pdf

2005 Initiative Analysis: Redistricting Reform and Voter Empowerment Act

In addition, when drawing boundaries, the panel could not consider information related to poli tical party affiliations and other specified matters. Fiscal Effect Special Master Panel Costs. Under the measure, redistricting efforts would be performed by a special panel rather than the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050090.htm

2005 Initiative Analysis: Redistricting Reform: The Voter Empowerment Act

In addition, when drawing boundaries, the panel could not consider information related to poli tical party affiliations and other specified matters. Approval Process. Once the special masters unanimously approve a redistricting plan, the plan would be used for the next primary and general election.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050048.htm

2004 Initiative Analysis: Redistricting Reform: The Voter Empowerment Act

In addition, when drawing boundaries, the panel could not consider information related to poli tical party affiliations and other specified matters. Approval Process. Once the special masters unanimously approve a redistricting plan, the plan would be used for the next primary and general election.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2004/040623.htm