The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - In October 2024, State Preschool enrollment was roughly 40,000 students lower than October 2019 enrollment. Since the pandemic, the state has held providers harmless from enrollment declines. The hold harmless is set to expire June 30, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - Water users missed the 2019 deadline to submit a VA proposal to SWRCB. In March  2022, they came forward with an initial Memorandum of Understanding detailing terms to advance a VA for the Sacramento/Delta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - In 2019, DOF found that 1991  Realignment could no longer support the county costs of IHSS. As a result, in 2019 ‑20, the 2017 MOE was eliminated and replaced with the current IHSS MOE structure —referred to as the 2019 IHSS MOE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The National Center for Health Statistics found that the prevalence of any diagnosed developmental disability in children aged 3 ‑17 years in the United States increased by about a full percentage point (from 7.40  percent to 8.56  percent) between 2019 and 2021 —a significant change in a short period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available. (The total number of authorized officer positions for the department has remained roughly the same since 2012.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Figure 5 Certain Categorical Programs Have Received a COLA in Recent Years 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - Between July 2019 and August 2025, Next Generation 911  system development costs in accordance with the regional approach totaled $456   million. The total cost to simultaneously operate legacy 911 during these same years was $148   million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - From 2019 ‑20 to 2024 ‑25, CSU ’s debt service for state ‑approved projects grew from $295  million to $365  million (23  percent). (These amounts include debt service on university bonds as well as state bonds issued before 2014 ‑15.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142