The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - As  a result, policymakers may find that questions related to the budget, policy, and oversight of the state ’s 911 technology may begin to surface more frequently than has been the case historically.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 2, 2026 - The ruling limits federal jurisdiction to relatively permanent bodies of water and to wetlands that have a continuous surface connection to WOTUS. California has many wetlands and other ephemeral or seasonal waters that previously were considered WOTUS but now no longer meet the federal definition because they lack a continuous surface connect ion or are not relatively permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - Water users rely less on groundwater in wet years —when surface water is more abundant —and more in dry years. In some smaller and more vulnerable communities that lack access to surface water, groundwater provides up to 100  percent of drinking water supplies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

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

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - Historically, the state has used the revenues from the taxes that road users pay to support activities that benefit those users, such as for the operation, maintenance, and improvement of the state ’s surface transportation system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139

Funding for various brownfield-related activities. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - The measure includes $300  million for SWRCB to investigate and clean up groundwater and surface water at brownfield sites across the state. Grants to Remediate Abandoned Wells and Petroleum Fields. The measure provides $300  million for grants to local governments and nonprofits to acquire and clean up parcels with abandoned oil and gas wells and petroleum fields.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-034

The 2022-23 Budget: Transportation Infrastructure Package

Feb 15, 2022 - Within IIJA, there is a new five ‑year federal surface transportation reauthorization that replaced the expired Fixing America ’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act. In total, IIJA authorizes $567  billion in spending for federal transportation programs over five years, which is an increase of $274  billion above previous FAST Act spending levels over five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4536

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