The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - The  superintendent oversees day ‑to ‑day operations and implements policies set by the board. This structure does not guarantee a district is well managed or eliminate conflict, but it clearly defines the local board as the final authority and allows voters to hold the school board accountable for the district ’s performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Federal law mandates that SWRCB review these plans at least once every three years, while state law requires them to be “periodically reviewed. ” Updating a plan typically involves several steps, including preparation of a staff report, which serves as a Substitute Environmental Document under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - To address this issue, the Chancellor ’s Office intends to begin limiting each campus to one new project every two years. However, it does not plan to implement this rule until 2027-28 (at which point the bulk of Proposition  2 funding will likely have been committed).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Specifically, H.R.  1 requires these adults to (1)  verify that they have completed at least 80 hours per month of work, education, or community service, and (2)  verify eligibility every six months, rather than every 12  months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget package required DOF to notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) within ten days of the department entering any contract paid from the up to $20  million appropriation. In addition, by February 1 of each year of a contract and during implementation of the contractor ’s recommendations, the budget requires DOF to provide a status report to JLBC on (1)  any
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - For this reason, every new expenditure from the account —especially those that are comparatively large —should be well justified and clear a high bar for approval. Historically, CHP Has Funded Equipment and Operational Costs Through Its Base Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  5 shows, the state has consistently provided a COLA for seven specific categorical programs in almost every year since 2019 ‑20. (In 2020 ‑21, the state did not provide a COLA for any CCC programs because it anticipated a significant budget shortfall due to the pandemic.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - To try to address this, the Legislature has taken steps to require that the administrative budgeting methodologies for both CalFresh and IHSS are reevaluated every three years, with a report to the Legislature on potential changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149