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

Mar 18, 2026 - These studies recommended that the SBE (1)  become an advisory body or sounding board for the Governor and the head of CDE, and (2)  perform limited policymaking duties when explicitly directed by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Additionally, some counties note that child welfare staff and/or staff of partner organizations already use MI or similar models and have achieved positive results, making MI the most straight forward to implement of the state ’s ten selected options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

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

Mar 9, 2026 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It.   As our office warned last November, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. While there is a chance that this time is different and no such downturn is forthcoming, the risk appears strong enough that we have incorporated it into the state 's revenue outlook.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - This Time Might Be Different, but It Is Not Safe to Bet on It.   As our office warned last November, it now appears time to take seriously the notion that the stock market has become overheated. While there is a chance that this time is different and no such downturn is forthcoming, the risk appears strong enough that we have incorporated it into the state 's revenue outlook.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: Higher Education Overview

Feb 5, 2026 - Back in 2022, Governor Newsom announced a compact with the segment heads. In those compacts, the Governor made fiscal commitments to propose annual funding increases for the segments. The compacts were intended to provide the segments with more predictable funding levels, while also promoting certain performance goals, such as enrolling more resident undergraduates and improvi ng graduation rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5112

The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - That said, recent budgets have set the SFEU bet ween $3.5  billion and $4.5  billion, so the Governor ’s budget proposal to set the balance to $4.5  billion is generally in line with recent policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101