The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Center for Excellence $750,000 ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23. Emergency Response Augmentation $50 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, expendable for four years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

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

Mar 18, 2026 - As the Governor ’s Committee on Education Excellence explained in 2007, “the problem with California ’s K ‑12 governance system is that everyone is in charge, and no one is accountable. ” Blurred Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - In 2019, DOF found that 1991  Realignment could no longer support the county costs of IHSS. As a result, in 2019 ‑20, the 2017 MOE was eliminated and replaced with the current IHSS MOE structure —referred to as the 2019 IHSS MOE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Similarly, while most of the remaining projects on the 2019 list have not been reassessed, the costs of projects in other parts of the state are likely increasing. For example, the 2019 assessment estimated the new Fresno Courthouse project would cost $483  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - Figure 5 Certain Categorical Programs Have Received a COLA in Recent Years 2019 ‑20
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

California New Car Registrations: December 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 9, 2026 - For example, registrations in December 2025 were 13 percent lower than in December 2019.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/848

California New Car Registrations: December 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 9, 2026 - For example, registrations in December 2025 were 13 percent lower than in December 2019.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/848