High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2025 - High-Speed Rail 2025 Project Update Report [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5020

The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority The 2024‑25 Budget Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority Summary.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

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

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - In this way, our approach represents a hedge; estimated revenues are not as low as they would be in an outright downturn, nor are they as high as is possible if there is no downturn. This differs from the approach taken by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan

May 26, 2021 - Repaying the State’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan May 26, 2021 Repaying the State ’s Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan The Governor ’s 2021 ‑22 May Revision budget proposes $36  million General Fund to pay the first, partial payment on the state ’s outstanding federal Unemployment Insurance (UI) loan and proposes to direct $1.1  billion in federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act funds to pay down a portion of the outstanding loan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4442

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development. LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. EMT = emergency medical technician.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/982

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions American Rescue Plan ’s Major Health ‑Related Funding Provisions Introduction On March  11, 2021, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act) —a $1.9  trillion coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) relief package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Aug 16, 2024 - A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development. LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus. AANHPI = Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/871

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Sep 1, 2022 - California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]     d Reflects funding for programs with less than $2 million each in ongoing funding (Academic Senate, district financial crisis oversight, and Middle College High School).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/631