Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This percent is applied to the amount of sports wagers made after deducting (1)  any wagers made with free bets or promotional credits (such as a wager made with funds provided by a tribe to a player as a promotion), (2)  all player winnings, and (3)  all federal gaming taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - This percent is applied to the amount of sports wagers made after deducting (1)  any wagers made with free bets or promotional credits (such as a wager made with funds provided by a tribe to a player as a promotion), (2)  all player winnings, and (3)  all federal gaming taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - The measure amends the Constitution to define banking games to mean all games in which players compete against the cardroom (house) rather than one another. It also specifies that banking games do not include those in which licensed third parties hired by cardrooms participate in games as players that others can bet against.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - This tax is applied to the amount of sports wagers made after deducting (1)  any wagers made with free bets or promotional credits (such as a wager made with funds provided by a gaming operator to a player as a promotion), (2)  players ’ winnings and prizes, and (3)  all federal gaming taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - These include tribal gambling in casinos, the state lottery, cardrooms that operate certain card games, and horse racing wagering.   Tribal-State Compacts. Native American tribes possess special status under federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

The 2024-25 Budget: IS and IT Project Proposal Tables

Feb 9, 2024 - Figure 1 Governor ’s 2024 ‑25 Budget IS Proposals a (In Millions) Intrusion Detection and Prevention System Replacement 0.8 CalEPA Environmental Complaint System: Enhancing Transparency and Accountability 0.7 State Water Resources Control Board Information Security and Privacy Office Staffing 0.6 Secretary for Government Operations Agency Cradle ‑to ‑Career Data
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4836

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - These companies have made big bets on AI, spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and offering extraordinary pay packages to recruit AI researchers. This spending, coupled with sizable gains to investors and tech company employees via stock options, is boosting state income tax receipts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - …Though Data Limitations Complicate Comparisons. The prescription drug market involves a complex and opaque system of payments and players, complicating assessments of drug prices. One key issue is rebates —negotiated discounts that drug makers pay to health plans after drugs are purchased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Consider Monitoring State Data Center Rate Reassessment Process for IT Services. Another option the Legislature could consider is to monitor the progress of the rate reassessment process for the State Data Center that is currently underway to verify that IT services hosted by the State Data Center will be comparable both in levels of service and price to major private vendors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - A breakdown of the funding and positions by entity is provided later in the post. d The full description for the Student Aid Commission proposal is “Initiate a comprehensive program to reform, improve and enhance the California Student Aid Commission ’s (Commission) Information Technology, Cybersecurity, and Data Privacy programs through staff additions, software implementation,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748