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 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

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

Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

Jun 16, 2025 - In 2011, it was reduced from 60 months to 48 months (in an effort to reduce costs). In 2022, the limit increased from 48  months to 60 months. Increased Earned Income Disregard (EID). The EID for applicants and participants (or the monthly dollar amount applicants and participants can earn before further income affects eligibility) changed multiple times over the last decade.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5057

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

Jun 12, 2025 - Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by 48 crimes per 100,000  people, or 11  percent. Furthermore, an unusually large number of law enforcement agencies —whose jurisdictions include roughly 10  percent of the state population —did not report crime numbers for some or all of 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Educator Workforce

Mar 7, 2025 - Chapter  48 of 2023 (S B  114 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) requires that schools administer screenings for reading difficulties to students in kindergarten through second grade starting in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5012

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Specifically, over the same four ‑year period, PG &E, SCE, and SDG &E average rates have increased by between 48  percent and 67  percent. Additionally, although electricity rates in California have exceeded the national average for many years, the gap has grown substantially in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - UC Merced ’s largest revenue stream continues to be from the state, with state General Fund averaging 48  percent of all its revenue over this period. By comparison, state funding comprised an average of 20  percent of total revenue at the other UC campuses without a medical school.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937