The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - This amount reflects an increase of $2.8  million (about 4  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. The proposed budget would provide DRE with a total of about 387 positions in 2025-26 —an increase of 3 positions (less than 1  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 21, 2025 - Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog] Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 March 21, 2025 Chas Alamo Federal Officials Rebench Monthly Jobs Figures Each Year to Match Payroll Records.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/825

Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 21, 2025 - Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog] Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 March 21, 2025 Chas Alamo Federal Officials Rebench Monthly Jobs Figures Each Year to Match Payroll Records.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/825

Assessing The Recent Drop in Consumer Sentiment [EconTax Blog]

May 9, 2025 - The figure below shows the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index since 1983, with the dashed lines showing months in which the index fell by at least 20 percent within six months, as it did between December 2024 and April 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/827

Assessing The Recent Drop in Consumer Sentiment [EconTax Blog]

May 9, 2025 - The figure below shows the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index since 1983, with the dashed lines showing months in which the index fell by at least 20 percent within six months, as it did between December 2024 and April 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/827

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - March  15, 2024 —Resubmitted Advanced Planning Document Update (APDU) for Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2024 Approved by ACF With Seven Conditions. ACF approved a resubmitted version of the FFY 2024 APDU for the project with seven conditions that, if not resolved by August 1, 2024, would result in a non-CCWIS claiming status determination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog] Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) March 6, 2025 Seth Kerstein Background. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/824

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog] Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) March 6, 2025 Seth Kerstein Background. In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/824

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - This increased to 16 hours in 2020-21, 24 hours in 2022-23, and 40 hours on July 1, 2024. The Governor ’s proposed budget includes roughly $89  million in 2024-25 and $122.3  million in 2025-26 for PSL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - From the three media campaigns, SIB learned that the targeted high school campaign had the most success as it led to a 63  percent increase in the number of accounts claimed by high school seniors from February 2024 to May 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035