The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Since then, revenues in the BPPE Fund have been roughly flat in unadjusted dollars. Adjusting for inflation, revenues were 18  percent lower in 2024-25 than in 2018-19. BPPE Fund Has a Structural Deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - One way they routinely do this is by providing opportunities for faculty professional development. A few of these existing opportunities are: UC faculty have access to teaching and learning centers where they receive support related to course redesign and creating more inclusive pedagogy to improve student outcomes, including in STEM courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The remaining programs are primarily designed for low ‑income, working families that have not participated in CalWORKs. Families are generally eligible for subsidized child care if they have a family income of less than 85  percent of the state median income ($93,418 annual income for a family of three and $108,237 annual income for a family of four in 2025 ‑26) and have a demonstrated need for  child  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 - However, while the office ’s CEQA responsibilities and workload have grown, it has not received commensurate increases in ongoing state funds to support all of that work. Rather, LCI states that some of these staff have been funded via a patchwork approach including some limited-term sources (similar to how it has funded some administrative functions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - However, since the lag between the credit agreement and the outcomes of interest can be up to several years, we do not yet have the economic data to evaluate the most recent rounds of awards. Credit Recapture and Recycling Credits Can Be Reclaimed if Milestones Not Met or Maintained.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, the education code will need to be amended to shift the SPI ’s duties to the education commissioner. New positions in the SBE, CDE, and the SPI will have to be created, others deleted, and responsibilities defined.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The other pathway —more traditionally regulatory —would apply to water users that do not choose to be part of the VA program. Key features of the two pathways include: VA Pathway Includes Flows and Habitat Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Better program outcomes also benefit the state fiscally because counties ’ service improvements have the potential to reduce overall costs. Moreover, with a share of cost, counties have an incentive to control program costs in areas over which they have more control (like administration).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027. Assuming no project delays emerge this spring, we have no concerns with the proposed funding for these continuing projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Providers have expressed concerns about whether the department or RCs will offer technical assistance to providers that fail to meet quality measures in a given year. The department has stated that its goal is to have as many providers as possible earn the quality payments, but it has not yet discussed how it might approach circumstances in which providers do not achieve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157