California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - The measure would also involve added state costs on a one-time basis for the Secretary of State to collect applications, ensure candidates meet the criteria for selection, and rand omly select members.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-010

Statutory initiative that would establish a statewide vote to express the intent of California voters to seek independence from the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jan 8, 2025 - The measure would also involve added state costs on a one-time basis for the Secretary of State to collect applications, ensure candidates meet the criteria for selection, and rand omly select members.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2024-001

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - To the extent feasible, similar strategies could be employed to recruit people qualified to work from other countries in cases where those countries ’ licensing requirements are sufficiently similar California ’s or other U.S. states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2025-26 Budget: California Student Aid Commission

Feb 28, 2025 - When the state has added new authorized positions, it has added associated funding. For example, in 2023‑24, the state augmented CSAC’s state operations budget $1.1 million for the additional positions, along with a few hundreds of thousands of dollars for other things (new high school toolkits and additional Cash for College efforts).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4994

The 2026-27 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 18, 2026 - Most notably, some legally present noncitizens (primarily legal permanent residents) were rendered ineligible for federally funded nutrition assistance until they had resided in the country for five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5126

California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Mar 10, 2026 - California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]     a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Proposition 51 (2016) bond funds. c The performance criteria phase is the initial phase of this design-build project. d Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. e Center operated
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1025

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - Although such an office was unprecedented at the time, the LAO ’s existence inspired the creation of similar offices in state governments across the country and, eventually, the Congressional Budget Office in 1974.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The right to boycott or engage in other activities to express opposition to the policies of the state of Israel toward Palestinians. [Ballot]

Sep 30, 2025 - Constitution and law regulate boycott, divestment, and sanction activities —particularly related to foreign countries and foreign commerce and limit state authority in this area. For example, federal law restricts the ability of U.S. citizens and residents from boycotting a country that is not subject to a U.S. imposed boycott for the purpose of foreign commerce.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-011

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - In addition to restructuring foster care maintenance payments, the 2024-25 statutory changes also added two new foster care programs and corresponding rate components: (1)  Strengths Building and Child and Family Determination Program, and (2)  Immediate Needs Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

Annual Revision to Monthly Jobs Survey Shows Far Fewer Job Gains in 2024 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 21, 2025 - Recent Rebenching Shows State Added Far Fewer Jobs Than Originally Thought.   The figure below compares the preliminary, monthly estimates of job growth between September 2023 and September 2024 to reviseed actual job growth as reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics earlier this week.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/825