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

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - For example, while students must take a language ot her than English to meet the A-G requirements, schools determine which language courses to offer. (High schools submit proposed A-G courses to the University of California for revi ew and approval.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - Increased cyberattacks and threats to state entities cited by the administration also suppor t additional positions and resources to meet increased demand for existing services and address emerging areas of cybersecurity risk such as threats to critical infrastructure OT systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The contracted entities shall explore current California regulations and policies regarding curriculum guidance, the processes for adopting or changing curriculum standards and frameworks in California and other states, how curriculum guidance is evaluated in other states, and what additional guidance and support is provided to educators on content standards in ot her states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Civil lawsuits. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - Claims generally must be presented within six months of an alleged injury or personal property damage or within one year for all ot her claims. If the state or local government denies the claim, claimants have six months to file a civil lawsuit in court.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-029

Voting in California. [Ballot]

Oct 13, 2021 - Voters can choose to vote by filling out and putting their VBM ballot in the mail, dropping the VBM ball ot off at a ballot drop off location, or casting a ballot in person at a voting location. If a voter chooses to vote in person, they must sign a list of registered voters prior to voting.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-012

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - However, the administration maintains that local governments could have raised local fees to cover their costs during that time frame and therefore proposes suspending the requirements for that period and n ot reimbursing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

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