Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As part of their annual Local Control and Accountability Plans, local education agencies (LEAs) are required to specify actions they will take to meet goals they set for several indicators, including their chronic absenteeism rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Under current law, CHP officers receive annual salary increases based on the compensation provided to peace officers employed by five major local law enforcement jurisdictions in California, which have tended to grow faster than the statutory inflationary adjustments applied to vehicle fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Proposals

Feb 19, 2026 - School staff often do not have the skills or experience to implement key aspects of the community schools model, such as improving community eng agement and building partnerships with other local organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5131

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - This block grant provides districts with flexible funding they could use for a range of student services linked to local conditi ons. Lastly, although we do not have major concerns with covering higher prior ‑year and current ‑year costs for apprenticeship RSI, we view this proposal as a lower priority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - We concur with the administration ’s point that no longer requiring applications to include both affordable housing and transportation components would provide more flexibility to developers to address local needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Facilities in that category do support instruction in physical education, music, theater, and other programs. Nonetheless, they differ from the instructional spaces the state has traditionally prioritized for bon d funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Jan 21, 2026 - The measure ’s changes could affect counties ’ costs to do so. The net effect on county administrative costs is unclear but likely would not exceed the low tens of millions of dollars annually. Summary of Fiscal Effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-035

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - What role do county policies and processes and the design and operation of automation and data systems play in determining the state ’s error rates in each program? Do some counties have significantly higher or lower error rates than others and are there practices or other circumstances that contribute to this  variation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

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

Mar 18, 2026 - Even if these changes do not automatically solve the state ’s other longstanding education challenges, they would allow theLegislature to set goals and mon
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - This could be for several reasons (for example, local providers are already at capacity with existing clients, or there are no local providers that speak the consumer ’s language). In such cases, the consumer would likely need to wait until a provider is available before they can receive the authorized service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157