The 2026-27 Budget: Update on Local Control Funding Formula Costs

May 1, 2026 - For school districts, this percentage increased from 62.6  percent in 2019-20 to 66.3  percent in 2024-25 —a 3.7  percentage point increase. For 2025-26, preliminary CDE data shows a 0.3  percent decline from 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5178

Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

Jun 11, 2026 - In particular, the data reflect transactions that businesses identified as medicinal donations in calendar year 2025. Number of Patients Served. In 2025, licensees identified 19,877 transactions as medicinal donations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5189

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Figure 4 SSI/SSP Monthly Maximum Grant Levels a 2024 ‑25 (Actual) Percent of federal poverty level b 93% Percent of federal poverty level b 117% 116% 114% a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective calendar year. b Compares grant level to federal poverty guidelines from the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - As Figure  4 shows, districts ’ unrestricted reserves have increased over the past several years. Whereas unrestricted reserves totaled $2  billion (23  percent of expenditures) in 2019 ‑20, they grew to $3.8  billion (34  percent of expenditures) in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 4, 2026 - Revenue fluctuations in those years would change the guarantee by approximately 40 cents for each $1  change in General Fund revenue. In 2024 ‑25, the maintenance factor payment makes the guarantee highly sensitive to revenue changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5110

The 2026-27 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 23, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, these estimates represent a $13  million (14  percent) and a 501 person (13  percent) decline relative to the 2023-24 savings, the year before Proposition  36 took effect. These declines primarily reflect the administration ’s estimate of the impact of Proposition  36 —which went into effect halfway through 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5108

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

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2026 - So far, most of the changes in quarterly revenues appear to be seasonal, without much year-over-year growth. Like sales of tangible goods more generally, firearm and ammunition sales seem to peak in the fourth quarter of the calendar year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/849

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2026 - So far, most of the changes in quarterly revenues appear to be seasonal, without much year-over-year growth. Like sales of tangible goods more generally, firearm and ammunition sales seem to peak in the fourth quarter of the calendar year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/849

Proposition 98 Spending Proposals Under May Revision [EdBudget]

May 29, 2026 - The associated ongoing cost is built into apportionments in 2026-27. g Related and supplemental instruction costs for apprenticeship programs in 2024‑25 and 2025‑26 are higher than budgeted. COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, and COE = county office of education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1095