LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Health and Dental Benefits For Annuitants (9650)

The CalPERS estimated that 2006-07 RDS receipts would total about $38 million for the state. The Legislature directed that state RDS receipts be deposited to a special account and not spent (except to support the staff costs mentioned above), pending a later decision on how to spend the funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/general_govt/gen_20_9650_anl07.aspx

Proposed $200 million of General Fund savings due to federal health care reform's temporary early retiree reinsurance program.

May 14, 2010 - This legislative action could be modeled on  a  provision of the 2007 general government budget trailer bill, where the Legislature specified that CalPERS would direct Medicare retiree drug subsidy (RDS) payments to certain pur poses, such as reducing the state 's retiree health expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/214

Proposition 33 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Instead, rent control can only limit how much landlo rds increase rent for existing renters. Proposal Allows Local Governments to Expand Rent Control. Proposition  33 eliminates Costa-Hawkins. Under the proposition, cities and counties can control rents for any housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=33&year=2024

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Instructional, Library, and Science Materials

The Governor's proposal implicitly assumes that some continuing state assistance is required for purchasing new standa rds-aligned materials, and for that reason requires that school districts first certify that they have provided standards-aligned materials to all pupils before they may spend any of the proposed block grant funds for other instructional/library materials purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_10_Instructional_Materials_anl02.htm

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - Are the interface rules under the regional approach unique to California and not addressed in the NENA standa rds? Will New Plan Solve the Problem? What evidence is there showing that the transition to a statewide approach will solve the problems identified above or problems that lead OES to propose abandoning the regional approach?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Public access to state and local government records (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Sep 21, 2023 - The measure changes the judicial processes for resolving public records disputes including by allowing people challenging a trial court order supporting the non-disclosure of reco rds by a government entity to seek appellate court review through a standard appeal.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-015

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

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - Since 2016, the water boa rds have been trying to design permits in a way that minimizes creation of state-reimbursable mandates while also continuing to enforce state and federal water quality laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039