The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Proposal Governor Proposes to Provide General Fund Appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26. The Governor ’s budget provides a $10  million one-time General Fund appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26 (to be implemented through the next round of amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Act ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 26, 2026 - Current LAO Estimate for 2025-26: $648 Million. We currently project cannabis tax revenues of $648 million in 2025-26. This is $36 million above the January Governor ’s Budget forecast for 2025-26. As shown in the figure below, the resulting 2026-27 revenue allocations are somewhat higher than the administration ’s January projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/851

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 26, 2026 - Current LAO Estimate for 2025-26: $648 Million. We currently project cannabis tax revenues of $648 million in 2025-26. This is $36 million above the January Governor ’s Budget forecast for 2025-26. As shown in the figure below, the resulting 2026-27 revenue allocations are somewhat higher than the administration ’s January projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/851

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Contract Awarded September 2025: Scope Includes Two Departments. DOF notified JLBC on October 3, 2025 that it had entered a contract in an amount up to $20  million with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on September 26, 2025 for the purpose of assisting and advising DOF on analyzing and creating process improvements within state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2026 - We described this tax in more detail in a 2025 post . Preliminary Total for Fourth Quarter of 2025: $16 Million. For firearm and ammunition excise tax returns filed for the fourth quarter of 2025, the total amount of tax due is $16 million .
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/849

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2026 - We described this tax in more detail in a 2025 post . Preliminary Total for Fourth Quarter of 2025: $16 Million. For firearm and ammunition excise tax returns filed for the fourth quarter of 2025, the total amount of tax due is $16 million .
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/849

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor’s budget proposes to reduce funding for General Child Care slots by $98 million relative to the 2025‑26 budget package. These reductions are mainly due to a decline in federal and Proposition 64 funding in 2025‑26 and 2026‑27 and would eliminate funding for approximately 4,200 slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 13, 2026 - b The 2025-26 Budget Act included intent language to provide UC with this augmentation.  c Reflects nonresident replacement funding of $30 million for 2026-27 as well as deferred ongoing nonresident replacement funding of $31 million from 2025–26 to 2026–27 included in the 2025-26 Budget Act. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1044

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025. After growing just 1 percent from December to February, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Seasonally adjusted new car registrations dropped 8 percent from September 2025 to December 2025. After growing just 1 percent from December to February, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855