The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - BPPE also charges several smaller fees, including fees for institutions to apply for, renew, or make changes to their licenses. The Legislature sets BPPE ’s fees in statute. The last time the Legislature adjusted these fees was during BPPE ’s 2016 sunset review, when it changed the structure of the annual licensing fee, among other changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 170,495 General Child Care Directly contracts with center ‑based and licensed family child care providers to serve working families eligible for subsidized care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - The proposal would support 51.5 existing positions and two new positions at LCI (many of which are currently supported by limited-term funding), along with providing funding for some IT equipment, software licenses, and contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Students First: Renewing Hope for California ’s Future 2008 The Little Hoover Commission An independent oversight agency established to review state operations and recommend improvements. Educational Governance and Accountability: Taking the Next Step 2025 Policy Analysis for California Education A nonpartisan research center led by faculty at Stanford University, University of California, and University of Southern California, focusing on school performance and equity issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As part of 1991 Realignment, the state dedicated certain revenue sources (specifically, a new portion of the sales tax and vehicle license fee revenue) to help pay for increased HHS costs. Over time, realignment revenues were intended to cover actual program costs associated with the increase to counties ’ share of cost under realignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Additionally, DDS stated that it is working with DHCS to submit a renewed Planning Advanced Planning Document to continue enhanced federal funding beyond September 2026. Like the currently approved Planning Advanced Planning Document, this funding would similarly be limited term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The MVA ’s primary source of revenue is from vehicle registration fees, as well as —to a lesser degree —from driver ’s license and identification card fees. CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - More frequent renewals will likely increase the risk of disenrollment even among otherwise eligible individuals, due to the increased frequency of needing to submit required documentation. Like community engagement requirements, more frequent renewals are also expected to increase administrative workload for county eligibility systems, at least in the short run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Neither the Governor nor UC ’s budget plan identifies spending any of this funding for capital renewal projects. UC, however, is carrying an estimated capital renewal backlog of $9.1   billion. When projects are not done on time, project costs can increase in the future and the likelihood of programmatic disruptions due to failing building components increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - Federal Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). At the federal level, RFS is a policy that requires a designated level of renewable fuels to be sold annually in the United States. Refiners and importers must either sell their share of the required volumes themselves or buy credits (known as Renewable Identification Numbers or RINs) from other producers that generate an excess of credits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139