Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - Civil penalties on covered co mpanies may be assessed as a percentage of annual gross revenue, beginning at 5 percent for initial violations and increasing to as much as 100 percent for violations that remain u ncured over specified time periods.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Further, the difference between the CNI and the CA CPI ‑U and CA CPI ‑W is often large. Figure  2 shows differences between the proposed measures in each year since 1978. In about half of years, the CNI differed from the CA CPI ‑U and the CA CPI ‑W by at least 1  percentage point.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

How Does the October Inflation Report Change Our Outlook? [EconTax Blog]

Nov 16, 2022 - The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased at an annual rate of 5.3 percent in October, compared to 7.7 percent over the last year. Similarly, “core” inflation (CPI-U excluding food and energy prices) increased at an annual rate of 3.3 percent in October, compared to 6.3 percent over the last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/760

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Estimates of federal poverty guidelines for 2027 are based on the LAO Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI ‑U) projection. The 2027 federal poverty guidelines will not be finalized until fall 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Applied and clinical research, which is mostly conducted by industry, u se that knowledge to develop and test treatments for specific medical conditions . The R &D process then continues through regulatory review and, finally, implementation —when new treatments reach patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

The 2026-27 Budget: California State University

Feb 24, 2026 - Alternatively, the Legislature could consider eliminating the proposed base increase for CS U altogether. This option makes the state ’s structural deficit more manageable to address, increases the chances that core programs could be sustained moving forward, and reduces pressure for a more significant reduction in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5142

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Initially, under the measure, the Secretary of State would be required to develop a system that allows voters to cast a ballot over the internet u sing equipment at a voting location. The measure would impose a number of requirements on this system, including that voters be able to save incomplete ballots and return to finish and submit the ballot at a later date.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012