Major Higher Education Budget Developments [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Mid-June Legislative Package: Chapter 4 Shifts a smaller amount of funding ($233 million) from community colleges to schools than proposed at the May Revision. Adopts the May Revision COLA proposals for CCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/992

Financial Aid Award Coverage [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Cal Grant C, Book and Supply Provides a fixed amount of nontuition coverage for students enrolled at public and private career technical education programs no shorter than 4 months or longer than 2 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/988

New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]     a BBL refers to budget bill language contained in the 2025-26 Budget Act, as enacted by Chapter 4 of 2025 (SB 101, Wiener) and amended by Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/977

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 16 (Physicians, Dentists, and Podiatrists)

Jul 14, 2025 - OPEB = Other Post ‑Employment Benefits and Local 1000 = Nine bargaining units represented by Service Employee International Union, Local 1000: Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21. Telework Stipend.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5064

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 12 (Craft and Maintenance)

Jun 27, 2025 - For example, while CalHR found that total compensation for Unit 12 highway maintenance workers was 3  percent above the statewide market rates, CalHR found that Unit 12 highway maintenance workers ’ total compensation lagged total compensation of similar employees in the San Francisco Bay Area by 27  percent, in San Diego County by 4  percent, in the Sacramento Region by 4  percent, and the Los Angeles Region by 1  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5060

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

Jun 23, 2025 - Specifically, for the duration of PLP 2025 (meaning in both 2025-26 and 2026-27) the state would not make its 4  percent of pay contribution to prefund Unit 6 retiree health benefits. The agreement would continue to require employees to make their 4  percent of pay contribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5058

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - About 4  percent of CalWORKs heads of household primarily spoke another language (with “Other Non ‑English ” selected most frequently). Disproportionate Share of CalWORKs Participants Were English Speakers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - These include: (1)  staffing resources; (2)  laboratory equipment resources and the types of tests that can be performed; (3)  the number and types of tests performed annually over the last several years; and (4)  if applicable, the extent to which existing levels of staffing and equipment allow for testing above current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - This  is known as the “clearance rate. ” As shown in Figure  4 , California ’s clearance rate for property crimes declined over the past decade from about 14  percent of reported crimes cleared in 2014 to about 8  percent in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

California New Car Registrations: April 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jun 10, 2025 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations grew 5 percent from February to March, then another 4 percent from March to April. With this strong growth, registrations reached their highest level in nearly three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/832