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

Mar 9, 2026 - How Do Stock Market Downturns Affect State Income Tax Revenue? Major Market Downturns Deeply Affect State Income Taxes.   The figure below tracks income tax revenue following the seven long-lasting downturns noted earlier.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

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

Mar 9, 2026 - How Do Stock Market Downturns Affect State Income Tax Revenue? Major Market Downturns Deeply Affect State Income Taxes.   The figure below tracks income tax revenue following the seven long-lasting downturns noted earlier.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Zero-Emission Vehicle Incentive

Feb 24, 2026 - California has established statutory goals for reducing statewide GHG emissions —down to at least 40  percent below the 1990 level by 2030, and to at least 85  percent below the 1990 level by  2045. Federal Air Quality Standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5140

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - Coleman Court Monitoring Prison Mental Health Care Since 1990 Federal Court Found State Provided Inadequate Prison Mental Health Care. In 1990, a lawsuit, later renamed Coleman v. Newsom , was filed in federal court alleging that the state violated the Eighth Amendment of the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - (The version of Proposition   98 approved by voters in 1988 might have allowed the Legislature to make this change, but an amendment in 1990 —Proposition   111 —tightened the attendance requirement.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

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: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - However, in many cases, the residual positions in question supported by special funds do not have a direct impact on the General Fund and thus do not factor directly into efforts to balance the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature reject the proposed equipment and operating cost augmentations, as we do not find them to be well justified. We recommend the Legislature approve the capital outlay projects, but switch their funding source from the General Fund to the MVA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Because providers delivering tele ‑mental health services do not have to be physically present at a prison, this means that some of the concerns that accompany being on ‑site are addressed. For example, people working remotely likely do not face the same level of safety concerns that workers on site may experience when walking through a prison and interacting with various incarcerated people.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - By contrast, dredge/fill certifications only require public notice of an application and do not require responses to comments. SWRCB indicates that the vast majority of dredge/fill projects do not receive public comments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144