The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Under this structure, the department and its staff (initially 51 employees) became responsible for apportioning state funding, collecting and disseminating data, and administering federal grants, among other duties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

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

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 11, 2026 - Of the total $70.4  million provided to BOF in 2025-26, $36.2  million (or 51  percent) was from the General Fund and $34.2  million (or 49  percent) was from various special funds. A large portion of the General Fund support is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from people prohibited from owning or possessing them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5118

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Ultimately, 51 counties and 2 Title IV ‑E tribes opted to participate and are receiving the one ‑time state block grant dollars. To participate, DSS required counties to prepare CPPs for approval by DSS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Among other criteria, vendors must demonstrate that their businesses are: Majority owned (by at least 51  percent) by one or more disabled veterans; or, in a business whose stock is publicly held, at least 51  percent or more of the stockholders are disabled veterans; Managed and controlled by one or more disabled veterans; and, Located in the United States (and not a branch or subsidiary of a non ‑U.S. business).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services ‑$51 Notes: Includes associated automation costs. AAP = Adoption Assistance Program, KinGAP = Kinship Guardianship Assistance Payment Program, and ARC = Approved Relative Caregiver Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/6

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - The special rules for vacation homes and business properties only app lied to the first $1  million of combined property value. Proposition  19 narrowed these special rules. The rules now only apply to two types of properties: (1)  homes that a child or grandchild uses as a primary residence and (2)  farms.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Aside from the ongoing reductions to the IST waitlist solutions funding, the spending plan also reduces funding for other IST-related programs by $119  million in 2025-26, $118  million in 2026-27, and $51  million in 2027-28 and ongoing due to updated time lines, primarily for new community-based treatment infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan also appropriates Proposition  4 funding to SCC for a variety of activities, including $63  million for coastal resilience activities, $51  million to support the Great Redwood Trail Agency, and $41  million to support San Francisco Bay restoration projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080