California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - After growing just 1 percent from December to February, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years. This slump is becoming an increasingly worrisome sign for California ’s short-term economic trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - After growing just 1 percent from December to February, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years. This slump is becoming an increasingly worrisome sign for California ’s short-term economic trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - CCC faculty receive a certain number of flex days so they can take time outside of teaching to pursue professional development activities, including developing new course designs, tools, and materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Fiscal Effects Proposed Tax Would Generate State Revenues Each Year … We estimate that an income tax surcharge of 5  percent on income above $10  million would raise several billion dollars each year for the specific purposes outlined in the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The latter reductions are primarily due to lower Proposition  64 revenues and the use of one ‑time federal carryover funds in 2025 ‑26 ( Figure  5 ). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Figure  5 shows both the total value of awards made and the amount recaptured for each year of the program. For awards made between 2014 and 2020, the recapture rate is almost 55  percent. This indicates that around half of the net job increases and investments promised in negotiated agreements ultimately never come to fruition or are not maintained long term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Mar 18, 2026 - In either case, it would likely want separate appointments for the Assembly and Senate so that each house could choose a board member to represent its interests. Conclusion State Governance Is Ripe for Reform.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Mar 18, 2026 - One of several goals the Legislature expressed for the Delta through approval of the Delta Reform Act in 2009 (Chapter 5 [SB X7 1, Simitian]) was accelerating the process for determining flow needs to protect public trust resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - As the number of hours of service provided to IHSS recipients increases, so does the overall cost of the program. Below, we provide some information on how the average hours per case have changed over time.
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