The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The performance payment compares a county ’s most recent annual county felony supervision failure-to-prison rates with the county ’s average failure-to-prison rates in 2021, 2022 and 2023 —known as the baseline rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, in July 2021, Governor Newsom proclaimed a state of emergency to address energy supply and demand issues during extreme heat events that were resulting in immediate and projected energy shortfalls in the summers of 2021 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - After allocating surpluses totaling over $100  billion across 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, the Legislature has addressed cumulative budget problems of $82  billion in the years since. Budget problems are also likely to persist for the foreseeable future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

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: 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

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - In 2022 ‑23, the state provided $200  million for a competitive grant program aimed at increasing programs that provide high school students with access to college level courses. Of this amount, $100  million was available for grants of up to $250,000 to plan and start up middle and early college high schools on K ‑12 school sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - In 2022, an independent assessment of DRE ’s finances found a structural imbalance between costs and revenue. In response, the Legislature enacted budget trailer legislation —Chapter  41 of 2024 (SB  164, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) —as part of the 2024-25 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - The 2022-23 budget provided $25  million one-time General Fund for the program within the California Office of the Small Business Advocate (CalOSBA) to be spent in 2022-23 and 2023-24. Grant Applications Were Evaluated by Contractor REDF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Two cohorts of approximately 3,200 students each have completed their College Corps experience (in 2022-23 and 2023-24), and a third cohort (of about 3,400 students) is currently in progress for 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015