California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - From December 2024 to February 2025, seasonally adjusted new car registrations declined by 8 percent. December registrations, however, had been the highest since mid-2022. As a result, February registrations still were around the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2025 - This post assesses the Governor’s proposals to fund community college capital outlay projects under Proposition 2, the new education facilities bond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure 1 California ’s Seven State Agencies Vary in Size 2024 ‑25 Enacted Budget (Dollars in Thousands) State Agency Business, Consumer Services and Housing 3,443,387 161,995 a State funds include General Fund, special funds, and bond funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - As shown in Figure  4 , support for BOF has increased over the past decade from $30.2  million in 2015 ‑16 to $62.1  million in 2024 ‑ 25 —an increase of $31.9  million (or 106  percent). During this period, BOF also shifted from being fully supported by various special funds and began receiving General Fund support in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Many Proclamations Stay Open for at Least a Few Years. A total of 242 of the 295 states of emergency proclaimed between the beginning of Governor Schwarzenegger ’s term in November  2003 through December 2024 had been terminated by the end of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2025 - This brief examines the estimates of the Proposition 98 guarantee in the Governor’s budget and assesses the overall structure of the Governor’s plan for K-12 funding. It also examines a few of the larger spending proposals and the proposal to delay a $1.6 billion settle-up payment. Update (2/21/25): This brief has been updated to reflect our office’s estimate of the K-12 COLA (2.26 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4963

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

May 5, 2025 - This mandate is one of four newly identified mandates since enactment of the 2024-25 Budget Act . We will assess the other three mandates —also related to stormwater permits —after the administration proposes a course of action, potentially in the Governor ’s revised budget proposal in May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Tracking Changes in the Current- and Prior-Year Proposition 98 Guarantee [EdBudget]

Jan 21, 2025 - Tracking Changes in the Current- and Prior-Year Proposition 98 Guarantee [EdBudget]     a Chapter 27 of 2024 (SB 154, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) suspended the Proposition 98 guarantee and set forth this amount as the intended funding level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/933

Insurer coverage of medical procedures and medication. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - File No. 25-0002, Amendment #1). Background Californians Have Different Kinds of Health Insurance. Most Californians (around 95  percent) have health insurance. Around half have insurance through their employer or by buying it themselves.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-002

The 2025-26 Budget: Analysis of the School and Community College Funding Split [Publication Details]

May 20, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Analysis of the School and Community College Funding Split [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5051