MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 14, 2024 - The proposed agreement specifies that, notwithstanding the implementation of the 66-hour duty week for compensation purposes, upon ratification or on November 25, 2024, whichever date is later, Unit 8 members assigned to Shift Pattern 1 would be placed in either a “Modified Kelly” (also known as a 48/96 work schedule where employees work two consecutive 24-hour shifts on duty
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4919

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Consequently, additional months on aid during the COVID ‑19 pandemic do not count against an adult ’s 48 ‑month lifetime limit, though they do still count against the 60 ‑month maximum set by federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4530

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

Mar 2, 2026 - SWRCB also found that approximately 48  percent of individual state-only permits processed recently could have instead been processed as dredge/fill certifications before Sackett . SWRCB estimates an individual state-only dredge/fill permit requires up to 140 more staff hours than a dredge/fill certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The total cost across all project phases is $1.6  billion, with the state covering $764  million (48  percent) and districts covering $834  million (52  percent). As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - Second, the order (along with extensions from subsequent executive orders) prevented any month of CalWORKs participation during the COVID ‑ 19 e mergency from counting against an adult ’s 48 ‑month lifetime limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2023-24 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 22, 2023 - Increasing the lifetime limit for adults receiving aid from 48 months to 60 months beginning May 1, 2022. (The lifetime limit had previously been reduced from 60 months to 48 months in 2011.) Increasing the earned income disregard for applicants (or the amount CalWORKs applicants can earn before further income effects their eligibility for the program) from $90 to $450 per month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4699

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - In court filings, CDCR indicated to the Coleman court that it planned to deactivate 249 inpatient beds because “from September 2024 to present, between 40  percent and 48  percent of inpatient beds have been empty and unused. ” CDCR informed the court that closing such beds would still provide a sufficient buffer to accommodate fluctuations in the inpatient mental health population in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Additionally, the budget agreement includes intent to provide $83.6  million in General Fund and 48 positions for College Corps in 2026-27 and ongoing, making the program permanent. (Previous funding for the program was only provided on a pilot, limited-term basis through 2025-26.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Specifically, we recommend the Legislature reject both the $5  million one-time General Fund augmentation in 2025-26 and the $84  million ongoing General Fund augmentation (along with 48 positions) in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

California Housing Affordability Tracker (4th Quarter 2025) [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2024 - As shown in the map above, the ratio of monthly payments to rent on a two-bedroom home has grown since January 2020 in 33 of the 48 counties with available data. Growth in the relative unaffordability of homeownership has been highest in the Bay Area and Los Angeles: in Santa Clara County, e.g., monthly payments are now 3.3 times monthly rent for a two-bedroom home.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/793