California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2025. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. New Car Registrations Down Since Strong December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2025. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. New Car Registrations Down Since Strong December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As   Figure  5 shows, at the start of 2018, antipsychotics (drugs that treat certain mental health conditions) and insulin (drugs that help regulate blood sugar for diabetics) represented around one ‑quarter of gross spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Project First Approved by Legislature in 2018-19 . The 2018-19 budget provided $1.7  million General Fund for all phases of a project to construct a new classroom building for STARBASE Los Alamitos. The project was expected to be completed in April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - In 2021 ‑22, the state began funding most direct contract providers based on the RMR —the rate used for voucher ‑based providers —which reflects the 75th percentile of a county ’s market rates for child care identified in the 2018 survey.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - Update on Paid Sick Leave Implementation Paid Sick Leave (PSL) Established for IHSS Providers in 2018-19. PSL became available on July 1, 2018 for IHSS providers who worked a certain number of hours within a calendar year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

Five Guidelines for Using Revenue Forecasts [EconTax Blog]

Feb 20, 2025 - For example, in 2020-21, the state ’s unemployment rate was double what it was in 2018-19 and, yet, state revenues were nearly 50 percent higher. In contrast, the state had solid employment growth and falling unemployment in 2016-17, but tax revenues grew at only half the historical norm.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/822

Five Guidelines for Using Revenue Forecasts [EconTax Blog]

Feb 20, 2025 - For example, in 2020-21, the state ’s unemployment rate was double what it was in 2018-19 and, yet, state revenues were nearly 50 percent higher. In contrast, the state had solid employment growth and falling unemployment in 2016-17, but tax revenues grew at only half the historical norm.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/822

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) was signed into law in July 2018, reauthorizing the federal Perkins Career and Technical Education Act. To receive funding, a state must submit a plan to the Secretary of Education that outlines the state ’s approach to CTE and confirms that the state complies with certain federal regulations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - In 2018 ‑19, the state provided $164  million for the state portion of school meals. This amount has grown to $1.8  billion in 2023 ‑24 (a 987  percent increase). Program costs have also consistently been higher than initially budgeted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001