California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - Given the potential to conflate poverty and possible neglect, some recent policy bills —namely , Chapter  770 of 2022 (A B  2085 , Holden) and Chapter  832 of 2022 (S B  1085 , Kamlager) —have focused on clarifying that experiencing poverty is distinct from child maltreatment, in particular general neglect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

Insurer coverage of medical procedures and medication. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - Probably Increased Costs for Health Care Sector Overall, but Size Uncertain. Given the above uncertainty, pinpointing the initiative ’s fiscal effects on the state ’s health care sector is difficult.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-002

The 2022-23 Budget: Fuel Tax Rates

Feb 11, 2022 - (For example, we estimate that the Governor ’s proposal would increase gasoline consumption in 2022 ‑23 by roughly 0.1  percent to 0.2  percent.) Second, the state ’s cap ‑and ‑trade program sets a limit on GHG  emissions across various sectors through 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4528

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development Proposals

Feb 11, 2022 - Tourism is an important industry in the state that was impacted by the COVID ‑19 pandemic to a greater extent than many other sectors of the state ’s economy. While total consumer spending in California declined by 4  percent in 2020, Visit California estimates that direct travel ‑related spending declined by 55  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4529

The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Operating Surplus of $5 Billion in 2022 ‑23. In addition to the factors described above, which are revisions to the 2021 ‑22 Budget Act , our outlook anticipates the state will have an additional $5.2 billion operating surplus in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472

Proposition 50 [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2025 - A description of the census blocks represented by each district in the proposed maps can be found at the following website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB604 Notice of Correction.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=50&year=2025

Climate change. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2023 - Current law would require the state to make these changes eventually, but meeting the higher GHG reduction target likely would require this shift to happ en more quickly and thereby both accelerate and increase associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-012

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - Center for Excellence $750,000 ongoing beginning in 2022 ‑23. Emergency Response Augmentation $50 million one ‑time in 2021 ‑22 and again in 2022 ‑23, expendable for four years (through June 30, 2026 for the later allocation).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

Assessment of the Strong Workforce Program

Dec 10, 2025 - CTE Enrollment Is Up Across All Major Sectors. While the estimated number of FTE students enrolled in all major industry sectors has grown over the past decade, the growth rate has varied notably by sector, as Figure  8 shows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5098

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal

Feb 4, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal 100 a Partial exclusions. Note: Includes proposals using General Fund surplus monies greater than $100 million. For a complete list of all proposals, see: https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4492/Overview‑Appendix‑011422.pdf .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4515