The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Figure 3 Sample Comparison of State Data Center and Private Vendor Rates Service a Storage (per GB, per month) $0.26 b Windows Virtual Private Server (per month) c 514.24 Linux Virtual Private Server (per month) c 540.40 181.44 a Features, levels of service, and other service options not available for comparison. b Lowest end of the range, but can be as high as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - An Accountant Trainee to address increased workload from manager and server online registrations and new online payment options. Twelve information technology (IT) and information security personnel in 2023-24 (increasing to 15 beginning in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705

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

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

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - Figure 3 State Library Digitization Proposal Has Many Components (In Thousands) Digitize video media over five years — Procure new software and equipment — Scan future acquisitions (two positions) $200 Contract with vendor to digitize fragile assets 125 Contract with vendor to digitize 20 percent of catalog over five years — Contract with vendor to catalog pre ‑2007 documents — Expand CA.GOV
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954