The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - This year, for example, our outlook reflects our best estimates of the effects of H.R. 1: One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the state budget but does not make assumptions about future federal policy changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

Tribal gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-039

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Property tax rules for inherited property. [Ballot]

Oct 22, 2025 - In some years, the state could face add itional cost pressures to provide money to schools to offset their revenue losses. Effects on County Administrative Costs. County governments administer the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-017

Increasing Oversight of the State Litigation Deposit Fund

Jan 28, 2021 - As shown in the figure below, the amount of money in the LDF at the end of the year has grown significantly over the past decade —reaching $ 633  m illion at the end of 2019 ‑20. This is because funds remain in the LDF until DOJ decides to make an allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4322

Online sports wagering. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2021 - The measure imposes a 15  percent tax on people in California who illegally make online sports wagers. This tax is applied to the amount a person bets. Additionally, the measure authorizes DOSBC to take va rious enforcement actions, including requiring people making such bets to register with DOSBC, requiring entities illegally
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-017

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR Also Continuing to Operate Excess APP and ICF Bed Capacity. As shown in Figure   4 , CDCR is also operating excess capacity in other types of inpatient beds, including 205 APPs, 327  ICFs at both men ’s prisons and state hospitals, 32  APP/ICF beds at women ’s prisons, and 13 APP/ICF beds for the condemned population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

An Update on California Competes [EconTax Blog]

Mar 10, 2023 - One potential interpretation is that the state is making high risk-high reward bets on businesses. While many of these bets do not pan out, the ones that do can be successful enough to yield overall benefits for the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/771

Sports wagering. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - At minimum, these regulations must limit wagering to (1) bets made by people age of 21 and older; (2) professional or college sporting events that do not include animals other than horses; and (3) amateu r sporting events that do not include children under the age of 18.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-031

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in the outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009