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

Mar 18, 2026 - The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Chapter  4 of 2016 (S B  3 , Leno) has gradually increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour. Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Appendix  B provides a full list of which counties selected each  EBP. FFPS Provides Opportunity to Expand Existing Services to Child Welfare Populations With Federal Funding. Implementing FFPS provides counties an opportunity to expand some already offered services to focus on maltreatment prevention.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - Under the plan, these water users would follow a regulatory compliance pathway (as discussed in the next section). Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - Even the segment-specific work b eing done to improve learning outcomes is likely to have broader and more integrated results than Learning Lab ’s projects. This is because work being done within a segment is more likely to affect an entire department, campus, or even the whole segment (through initiatives like CSU ’s GI 2025).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - LCI ’s existing funding for these activities expires after 2026-27, however the statutory requirements continue for five additional years. b Proposed through 2027-28. Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - We have concerns about each of these targeted proposals, as we discuss in later sections of the brief. Apportionments In this section, we focus on general purpose funding for community college districts, which is known as “apportionments. ” We begin this section by providing background on community college districts ’ core operating costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - The judicial branch currently receives about $80  million annually —$65  million from the SCFCF and $15.4  million from the General Fund —for use at Judicial Council ’s discretion. Judicial Council maintains a list of modification projects and categorizes them into one of six priority categories (such as “immediately or potentially critical ” or “beyond rated life but serviceable ”).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113