The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - To this end, Learning Lab awards competitive grants to intersegmental faculty teams at the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU), and California Community Colleges (CCC). Faculty teams test ways to improve learning outcomes in college-level lower division courses, including by using adaptive learning technology.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Major Proposition 98 Spending Proposals [EdBudget]

Jan 23, 2026 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = Cost-of-living adjustment, COE = county office of education, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis Management Assistance Team, and RSI = related and supplemental instruction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1064

2026-27 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Jan 23, 2026 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, and RSI = related and supplemental instruction Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1067

Proposition 98 Spending Proposals [EdBudget]

Nov 7, 2025 - LCFF = Local Control Funding Formula, COLA = cost-of-living adjustment, FCMAT = Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team, IEP = individualized education program, ELA/ELD = English language arts/English language development, and EMT = emergency medical technician.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1005

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Resource Teams. Based on a model developed in Norwegian prisons, “resource teams ” aim to reduce isolation and violence for the highest ‑risk, highest ‑need people in prisons. Officers on resource teams receive specialized training on the nature of mental illness and trauma, de ‑escalation techniques, and strategies for motivating people to engage in rehabilitative programming and mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2022-23 Budget: Assessing Proposals to Address Unemployment Insurance Fraud

Feb 15, 2022 - Governor ’s Strike Team Investigates Backlog and Issues Recommendations. In July 2020, the Governor announced the formation of a “strike team ” to immediately investigate the claims backlog and to make improvements at EDD.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4542

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - For example, in the current year, DSS is working to build the capacity of local child welfare agencies to conduct timely CANS assessments and Child and Family Team meetings, in alignment with specified criteria for fidelity.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

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