The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - First, while our revenue forecast represented an upgrade to budget act assumptions, it also incorporated the strong risk of a sto ck market downturn, which tempered the estimates. Second, we found that spending was much higher than had been anticipated in June, in large part due to the state ’s constitutional requirements eroding revenue gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - If, for example, most “medium, ” “large, ” and “mega ” processing departments are deferred to later onboarding waves, there is a substantial risk of a delay in the project schedule (and an increase in project costs) if at least some of those departments ’ onboarding is unsuccessful.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - The act ’s requirements apply to 94 of the state ’s 515 groundwater basins that DWR has found to be “high and medium priority ” based on various factors, including overlying population and irrigated acreage, number of wells, and reliance on groundwater.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

Raising the personal income taxes for certain households to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This includes programs to promote light-duty ZEVs (such as cars and passenger trucks), medium-duty ZEVs (su ch as delivery vans), heavy-duty ZEVs (such as large commercial trucks), and off-road equipment (such as agricultural equipment).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-037

Raising taxes on certain corporations to fund zero-emission vehicle programs and wildfire-related activities. [Ballot]

Dec 27, 2021 - This includes programs to promote light-duty ZEVs (such as cars and passenger trucks), medium-duty ZEVs (su ch as delivery vans), heavy-duty ZEVs (such as large commercial trucks), and off-road equipment (such as agricultural equipment).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-038

Home Price Update: October 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 18, 2021 - In the short and medium terms, home price increases often drive construction activity, which in turn spurs employment growth in a wide range of sectors. In the longer term, chronically high housing costs have hurt the state ’s business climate and been a key reason California loses residents to other states on net in most years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/714

Home Prices Update: September 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 20, 2021 - In the short and medium terms, home price increases often drive construction activity, which in turn spurs employment growth in a wide range of sectors. In the longer term, chronically high housing costs have hurt the state ’s business climate and been a key reason California loses residents to other states on net in most years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/706

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - We then placed all California zip codes in one of four categories: low income (less than or equal to $61,000), medium ‑low income ($61,001 to $81,000), medium ‑high income ($81,001 to $110,000), and high income (greater than $110,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2023-24 Budget: Governor’s Proposals for the Department of General Services

Mar 1, 2023 - In addition, the report simply states that the building assigned as a medium ‑priority system replacement has a proprietary system and is “somewhat outdated, ” and that the building assigned as medium ‑ to high ‑priority system replacement has a proprietary system and is approximately 20  years old.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - These projects were categorized into five groups —and ranked within each group —in the following descending priority order: 18 immediate need projects ($2.3  billion), 29 critical need projects ($7.9  billion), 15 high need projects ($1.3  billion), 9 medium need projects ($1.6  billion), and 9  low need projects ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113