The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - The majority of the decline is from the JD program, which is expected to decline by 22 FTE students. CLSF did not meet its entering JD class target in 2023 ‑24. This decline in JD enrollment is expected to be partially offset by enrollment increases in two master ’s programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - Despite the recent increases, CLSF ’s JD tuition charge remains lower than the average tuition charge of UC ’s four JD programs. While resident CLSF JD tuition was about 5  percent below the resident tuition levels of UC ’s JD programs from 2012 ‑13 through 2018 ‑19, it was 15  percent below in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2023-24 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 8, 2023 - The school is planning for continued enrollment growth in both its JD and master ’s programs. Compared to the past two years, however, the school is planning for lower levels of growth. UC Law SF anticipates growing JD  enrollment slightly —by 17 FTE students (1.5  percent) in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4732

The 2022-23 Budget: Hastings College of the Law

May 10, 2022 - Hastings currently spends around 30  percent of the tuition revenue it generates from each JD cohort on financial aid. Beyond its core operations, Hastings operates self ‑supporting auxiliary programs (such as student housing and parking).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4593

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 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677