The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Dolly Parton ’s Imagination Library. The budget includes an estimated $39  million one-time General Fund for Dolly Parton ’s Imagination Library. This amount reflects the remainder of the original $68  million that the 2022-23 Budget Act provided for this initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - Beyond awarding grants for new online courses, state law allows CELL to undertake other actions to support instructional best practices, such as supporting faculty professional deve lopment and developing a “best of ” library of online materials.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Based on our review of proclamations published on the Governors ’, OES ’, and the California State Library ’s websites, Governors have proclaimed 295 states of emergency from the beginning of Governor Schwarzenegger ’s term in November 2003 through December 2024, as shown in Figure  1 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029