California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog] California New Car Registrations: February 2026 April 7, 2026 Seth Kerstein As discussed in an earlier post , new car purchases can be a useful, timely economic indicator.
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California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog] California New Car Registrations: February 2026 April 7, 2026 Seth Kerstein As discussed in an earlier post , new car purchases can be a useful, timely economic indicator.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - The 2022-23 budget then provided BPPE with $24  million one-time General Fund over three years to repay this loan and cover its operational costs while BPPE developed a proposal for a new fee structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Grants Support Faculty Time for Innovation. Grants are awarded to UC, CSU, and CCC faculty. Most grants require faculty from at least two campuses across at least two segments to collaborate. Grant funding primarily supports faculty time to work on innovative projects that leverage technology to improve learning outcomes, primarily in STEM courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor proposes $11.5 million one‑time Proposition 64 funding to provide child care infrastructure grants to licensed child care providers impacted by recent wildfires. The administration has yet to provide key details, such as grant amounts, the allowable uses of funding, and time lines for when funding would be awarded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

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

Mar 19, 2026 - If it needs to provide less funding, the Legislature could also consider revisiting LCI ’s statutory requirements, time lines, and associated resource needs —for example, by reducing expectations around how the office should implement the CalHeatScore extreme heat ranking.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, startup firms often experience losses for many years before turning a profit (if at all), potentially over the time frame that tax credits can be carried forward. To address this, the 2021, 2022, and 2023 budget acts each provided one-time funding of $120  million for a grant program to supplement the tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Governance Structure Changed Several Times During the State ’s Early History. State law initially assigned significant responsibilities to the SPI and the SBE, but the relationship between these entities changed several times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - The protracted time line reflects the complexity of balancing multiple — often competing —goals , ongoing and potential legal challenges, and the board ’s willingness to allow time for development of a VA proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - Revenues Generally Cover Costs Over Time. While realignment revenues will not cover all county responsibilities in each year, in general, revenues should grow sufficiently to cover county costs over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166