New Workload and Funding for the California Department of Education (CDE) [EdBudget]

Dec 2, 2025 - d Of this funding, $1.7 million is available on a one-time basis and $1.6 million is available ongoing.     e Of this funding, $1.4 million is available in 2025-26 and 2026-27 and $1.2 million is available ongoing.   
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1015

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

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - The total cost of the project has been revised from $1.7  million to $6.3  million General Fund, which includes preliminary plans ($68,000), working drawings ($787,000), and construction ($5,468,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

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

Total Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Oct 1, 2021 - Total Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]     a Includes 5.07 percent COLA for apprenticeships; 4.05 percent COLA for the Adult Education Program; and 1.7 percent COLA for CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and mandates block grant. b
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/559

2021-22 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Sep 10, 2021 - 2021-22 Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] 2021-22 Enacted Spending $10,598 a Includes 5.07 percent COLA for apprenticeships; 4.05 percent COLA for Adult Education Program; and 1.7 percent COLA for CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/524

2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 4, 2025 - 2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] 2025-26 Proposition 98 Spending $118,923 a Applies to Child and Adult Care Food Program, K-12 Mandates Block Grant, and special education. b Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of existing 12:1 staffing ratios. c The Governor's budget also includes $229 million in
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/939

The 2026-27 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2025 ‑26 adopted budget used $1.7  billion in one ‑time funds to pay for ongoing school and community college programs. Most of these one ‑time funds came from (1)  increases in the Proposition  98 guarantee in previous years and (2)  savings related to deferring payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5093

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Beginning in 2015-16, however, SSI/SSP caseload began to decline slowly at an average rate of 1.7  percent each year. As shown in Figure  3, the Governor ’s budget projects that caseload will decrease by 0.9  percent in both 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148