The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - However, we recommend an alternative mai ntenance payment that pays only for specific evidence-based practices that will improve public safety and does so in ways that are more likely to generate state savings —two of the key goals of the original program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Previously, misdemeanor probation terms could last up to three years and felony probation terms could last up to the greater of five years or the maximum sentence for the crime the person was on probation for.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change [Publication Details]

Jun 12, 2025 - In this report, we provide background on trends in retail theft over the past decade, discuss some of the possible contributors to these trends, describe recent retail theft-related law changes, and outline key questions that the Legislature may want to ask as it continues to provide oversight of this issue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5055

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2025 - This brief examines the estimates of the Proposition 98 guarantee in the Governor’s budget and assesses the overall structure of the Governor’s plan for K-12 funding. It also examines a few of the larger spending proposals and the proposal to delay a $1.6 billion settle-up payment. Update (2/21/25): This brief has been updated to reflect our office’s estimate of the K-12 COLA (2.26 percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4963

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan

Feb 13, 2025 - a Governor ’s settle ‑up proposal Yes
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4963

Financial Aid Award Coverage [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - Available for up to four years of full-time study (or its equivalent).   Cal Grant B Provides full tuition coverage for students enrolled at public universities and tuition coverage up to a fixed amount for students enrolled at private colleges and universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/988

Tracking Changes in the Proposition 98 Guarantee [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - b Chapter 27 of 2024 (SB 154, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) suspended the Proposition 98 guarantee and set forth this amount as the intended funding level. c Reflects settle-up obligation. The state would be required to allocate this amount to schools and community colleges in the future, assuming no changes to its estimate of the Proposition 98 guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1003

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - In a series of posts , Comparing CalWORKs Take‑Up Rates Across Demographic Groups , we estimated the CalWORKs take‑up rate—or the percentage of eligible individuals who are actually enrolled in the program—to be about 60 percent in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/835

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/835