Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - The effects of repeated or prolonged exposure to wildfire smoke still are not widely understood. (As  we discuss in the box on the next page, relatively little research on the health effects of prescribed fire has been conducted, but existing research suggests it likely has substantially fewer negative impacts than  wildfires.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Change in Mental Health Services Oversight and Accountability Commission’s Role

Jul 13, 2023 - Rather, the commission ’s authority in this regard would be limited mainly to administering grants authorized by the MHSA, such as grants to fund partnerships between educational and county mental health entities as prescribed under the Mental Health Student Services Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4781

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - After growing just 0.3 percent from December to January, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years. This multi-month slump could be a worrisome sign for California ’s short-term economic trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/853

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - After growing just 0.3 percent from December to January, registrations are still 5 percent below the average level over the last couple of years. This multi-month slump could be a worrisome sign for California ’s short-term economic trajectory.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/853

Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - The underlying CURES data include various specific products that health care practitioners prescribe. Researchers must exercise some discretion as they decide which specific product names should count as buprenorphine for the purpose of tracking aggregate trends in medication ‑assisted treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

Gender-affirming medical procedures for individuals under the age of 18 years. [Ballot]

Oct 17, 2023 - The initiative specifically would prohibit prescribing or administering puberty blockers, hormones or hormone antagonists, and surgery or medical procedures. The measure defines biological sex as either male or female, based on specified physiological and genetic attributes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-020

Adoption of April 2021 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package

Apr 16, 2021 - The amounts from GGRF are intended to bring total GGRF spending on forest health and prescribed fire activities to $200  million annually, consistent with requirements in Chapter  626 of 2018 (SB  901, Dodd).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4414

An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - All grantees are implementing some demonstration projects —mainly for vegetation management, forest restoration, and prescribed burns —to test newer techniques and methods that could potentially be scaled up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - However, smaller pay increases, such as cost ‑of ‑living increases, or increases targeted at specific geographic regions, or providers working in specific settings, may still be appropriate in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

California New Car Registrations: December 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 9, 2026 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. 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/848