The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 13, 2025 - SSP Grants Were Increased in 2016-17, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. Since the Great Recession, grants for individuals and couples have been increased four times —in 2016-17 (by 2.76  percent), 2021-22 (by 23.95  percent), 2022-23 (by 10.3  percent), and 2023-24 (by 9.2  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4964

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/824

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/824

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - For  the  past  three years, CLSF has raised JD tuition charges —by 3  percent in 2022 ‑23, 5  percent in 2023 ‑24, and 5  percent in 2024 ‑25. Nonresident students pay a supplemental tuition charge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - (Unspent funds from 2022-23 and 2023-24 have already reverted.) Assessment Administration Seeks Additional Time in Pilot Phase. The LEMA Assistance Fund was authorized as a three-year pilot project in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - 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. Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - 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. Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Trailer legislation related to the 2021 ‑22 budget package required that, beginning in 2022 ‑23, all LEAs provide one free breakfast and one free lunch per school day to any student requesting a meal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten

Feb 18, 2025 - Beginning in 2022 ‑23, districts must maintain, on average, 1 adult for every 12 TK students at each school site. In 2024 ‑25, districts will receive $3,077 per TK ADA as an add ‑on to the LCFF base grant to cover the associated costs of this requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4968

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Pharmacy spending continued growing even after the roll out of Medi ‑Cal Rx in 2022. While this growth seems fast in isolation, it is roughly in line with overall Medi ‑Cal spending over the same time period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026