The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Prior to Proposition  47, stealing $950 or less of money or property from a store was sometimes treated as a wobbler punishable by up to three years in jail or prison. For example, if the defendant entered the store with intent to commit theft —as evidenced, for example, by their possessing a bag designed to conceal merchandise —they could be charged with burglary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055