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

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

California New Car Registrations: May 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 9, 2025 - Despite those tariffs, however, new car prices still were holding steady through May. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/834

California New Car Registrations: May 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 9, 2025 - Despite those tariffs, however, new car prices still were holding steady through May. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/834

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

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - 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/835

California New Car Registrations: June 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 29, 2025 - 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/835

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - In particular, CESA allows the Governor to: Suspend any regulatory statute, or statute prescribing the procedure for conduct of state business, or the orders, rules, or regulations of any state agency, where the Governor determines that strict compliance with them would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay addressing the emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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