Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025

Dec 10, 2025 - CSU Is Beginning Two ‑Year Transition Period. CSU plans to undertake a two ‑year transition period intended to give campuses time to develop the data tools, processes, and infrastructure needed to pursue its new objectives and ultimately reach its new targets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5099

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - Specifically, we project that under the Scoping Plan Scenario, RIF revenues will total $1.1 billion by 2034 ‑35, an increase of $1  billion compared to current levels. (We estimate that RIF revenues would total $400 million under the Reference Scenario by 2034 ‑35.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - Trial courts have a limited ability to keep and carry over any unspent funds (also known as “reserves ”) from one fiscal year to the next. Specifically, trial courts are only allowed to carry over funds equal to 3  percent of their operating budget from the prior fiscal year under current law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2026 - This brief provides an overview of the proposed funding for the judicial branch in 2026-27. It also analyzes the Governor’s budget proposals related to court construction and facility modification projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5113

Assessment of CSU’s Graduation Initiative 2025 [Publication Details]

Dec 10, 2025 - This report focuses on the California State University’s (CSU’s) Graduation Initiative 2025 (GI 2025). This initiative aimed to increase graduation rates and close gaps in graduation rates among particular student groups by 2025. In the report, we provide background on GI 2025, then discuss associated funding and activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5099

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - While this payment has been made on a cash basis, the May Revision proposes that the state not recognize it in the budget this year (instead, it would be recognized over multiple years and fully reflected by 2034).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

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

Nov 10, 2025 - Under existing law, the California Student Aid Commission must report on the effectiveness of the program every two years, beginning December 31, 2025. Supports New and Ongoing Workload at CDE. The budget provides CDE with an additional $12  million ($9  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund, $3  million federal funds) to accommodate new workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - The prohibition on enforcement will remain in effect until October 1, 2034. Creates New Home Equity Limit for Long ‑Term Care. Seniors and persons with disabilities apply for Medicaid under a separate set of rules that typically include a verification of assets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Of the ten new projects included in the Governor ’s budget, four of them —consisting of one gymnasium and three performing arts centers —would have fallen into that latter category. (That category similarly accounted for a large share of the new projects approved last year, including eight gymnasiums.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/853