The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - (This is $1.5  million less than Learning Lab received in 2025-26.) The administration has indicated that its reason for proposing to retain the program is because it provides tailored grant opportunities to stimulate faculty-led innovations in areas aligned with state priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

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

Mar 19, 2026 - For implementing various statutory responsibilities, the Governor proposes $741,000 in 2026-27, $1.7  million in 2027-28, $1.5  million from 2028-29 through 2031-32, and $522,000 ongoing thereafter. Figure 1 Administrative and Policy Information technology (IT) Support five existing positions and various IT infrastructure and security activities resulting from LCI establishing
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The primary drivers of this year ‑to ‑year General Fund cost increase include continued estimated growth in the three primary IHSS cost drivers —caseload (8  percent), cost per hour (2.3  percent), and hours per case (1.5  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - In the November 2024 election, voters approved Proposition  2, a state general obligation bond that provides $1.5  billion for community college facilities. (The measure also provides $8.5  billion for K-12 school facilities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

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: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - Faculty FTE increased by 1.5  percent annually over the past decade, contributing to an increase in the student ‑to ‑faculty ratio from 14.0 to 14.6. Though UC ’s workforce grew notably over much of the past ten years, UC implemented a systemwide hiring freeze beginning April 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

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

Feb 24, 2026 - The only limit on the amount of credits that eligible producers could claim under the proposed policy is the amount of their California diesel excise ta x liability —currently totaling about $1.5  billion across all producers —and the amount of SAF that could be produced or imported to California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, to address deficient medical facilities, the medical Receiver ordered the construction of 31 healthcare facility improvement projects that have totaled over $1.5  billion. Given that the state is facing multiyear budget deficits, these newly incurred costs would exacerbate the budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - For example, the evaluation found that Cohort 1 grantees declines in chronic absenteeism rates that were 30  percent (about 1.5  percentage points) greater than the declines for similar schools that did not receive community schools funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131