The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2026 - Analyzes the Governor’s budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), with a focus on a budget proposal to continue planning the proposed Life Outcomes Improvement System (LOIS) information technology project, implementation of new H.R.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Analyzes the Governor’s budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), with a focus on a budget proposal to continue planning the proposed Life Outcomes Improvement System (LOIS) information technology project, implementation of new H.R.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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 Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - Instead, the costs of OIO ’s operations are supported by the pro rata. Governor ’s Proposal Funding for Permanent OIO Staff and Operations. The Governor ’s budget for 2023-24 proposes $1.2  million annually from the pro rata and seven permanent positions to permanently fund OIO ’s operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704

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

Feb 13, 2023 - (Fif teen of the POST commissioners are appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, one commissioner by the Speaker of the Assembly, and one commissioner by the Senate President pro Tempore.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

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

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Moreover, BHCIP has not made any pro gress in building these facilities in the region that was identified as having the greatest need (southern San Joaquin Valley). We also found that the methodology used by the administration for allocating funding may be reinforcing historical regional inequities in behavioral health infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 8, 2021 - We understand the administration also is considering different ways of funding some of the services in these proposals, such as a Pro Rata and/or Statewide Cost Allocation Plan process for SOC services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4356