The 2026-27 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission’s Implementation of AB 1207

Feb 10, 2026 - Given the high stakes involved, it will be important for the Legislature to consider whether it is comfortable with deferring decisions on the structure of the credi ts to CPUC, as is envisioned in this proposal, or whether it would like to provide CPUC with further statutory direction to guide its approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5120

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - The Legislature ’s decisions around the program are high stakes, as they could shape the program for many years to come and have significant implications for various legislative priorities such as greenhouse gas reductions and affordability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049

The 2024-25 Budget: Juvenile Custodial Interrogation Mandate

May 28, 2024 - Given the stakes for youths who are facing potential interrogations and the relatively modest state costs, requiring local governments to provide youths with legal counsel prior to waiving their Miranda rights appears reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4910

Drug crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - For example, the increased penalties at stake, which would lengthen the time of cases affected by the measure, would increase workload for county prosecutor and public defender offices. We estimate that the resulting increase in county court-related costs could be in the hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-023

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - Given the high stakes for fish and water users, the Legislature can play a critical role in monitoring plan implementation. Because the VAs are designed to adapt as new information becomes available —and the board retains authority to terminate the VAs for some or all water users if they are not working as intended —performance will require ongoing evaluation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

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

Nov 10, 2025 - The results from the screener cannot be used to classify students as ELs or for any high-stakes purposes (such as for ident ifying a student as an individual with exceptional needs.) Provides Funding Intended to Mitigate Funding Loss of Not Identifying English Learners in TK.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - The proposed language specifies that the results from the screener could not be used to classify students as English learners or for any high stakes-purposes (such as for identifying students as individuals with exceptional needs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

Overview of New Updates to the Cap-and-Invest Program

Dec 9, 2025 - Some reasons this oversight role remains important include: Stakes Are High. As mentioned above, the program has the potential to have significant implications for some of the state ’s key priorities, such as GHG reduction and affordability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5097

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization

May 7, 2025 - In general, particularly in light of the high stakes involved, we advise the Legislature to weigh in —through providing additional statutory direction to CARB —on any areas it deems to be of particular importance and for which it has specific preferences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5042

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Higher Education Budget Proposals

Jan 26, 2022 - We caution the Legislature against putting too much stake in the Governor ’s outyear commitments to the universities. Former governors rarely been able to sustain their compacts over time. In some cases, changing economic and fiscal conditions in the state have led governors to suspend their compacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4499