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

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2 , allocations were notably higher from 2018 ‑19 to 2021 ‑22 due to extreme wildfire seasons and the COVID ‑19 pandemic. It is important to note that allocations are sometimes based on cost estimates —rather than actual costs incurred —for performing the emergency response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, in 2018 ‑19, the Legislature created the Budget Deficit Savings Account —which was used to temporarily hold a $2.6  billion optional deposit into the BSA —and the Safety Net Reserve —a reserve specifically dedicated to CalWORKs and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2025. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. New Car Registrations Down Since Strong December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2025. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. New Car Registrations Down Since Strong December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As   Figure  5 shows, at the start of 2018, antipsychotics (drugs that treat certain mental health conditions) and insulin (drugs that help regulate blood sugar for diabetics) represented around one ‑quarter of gross spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) was signed into law in July 2018, reauthorizing the federal Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. To receive funding, a state must submit a plan to the Secretary of Education that outlines the state ’s approach to CTE and confirms that the state complies with certain federal regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

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

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2015-2018, according to a rigorous third-party evaluation , LA:RISE participants had higher earnings and employment while working at an ESE but did not see long-term benefits after the transitional job ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Mar 10, 2025 - While resident CLSF JD tuition was about 5  percent below the resident tuition levels of UC ’s JD programs from 2012 ‑13 through 2018 ‑19, it was 15  percent below in 2024 ‑25. CLSF Provides Student Financial Aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014