The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - For example, all three segments participate in the Transfer Alignment Project to coordinate lower-division curriculum and streamline transfer pathways. Even the segment-specific work b eing done to improve learning outcomes is likely to have broader and more integrated results than Learning Lab ’s projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Of this new revenue each year, (1) $40  million would be transferred to the state General Fund; (2)  of the remaining amount, hundreds of millions of dollars would pay for county and state elections administration costs; and (3)  all of the remaining billions of dollars would be used to supplement compensation earned by specified state and local government employees for their work related to the citizen initiative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Those programs offered by non ‑LEA providers (community ‑based organizations, county welfare departments, and cities) are funded with non ‑Proposition  98 General  Fund. Child Care Programs Must Comply With Certain Federal Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - In this brief, we examine the Governor’s proposal to restructure state governance. The first section explains how the current system evolved and describes the main entities and their responsibilities. The second section reviews previous governance studies and explains how governance works in other contexts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - Governor Proposes Transferring Management of CDE to an Appointed Commissioner. Under the proposal, an education commissioner appointed by the Governor would assume management of CDE beginning January 1, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - Army Corps of Engineers and SWRCB and its nine regional boards issue permits to regulate dredged and fill materials and discharge (pollutants and stormwater) entering waterways from cities, industries, and farms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The state has been able to delay the account ’s insolvency through various budget adjustments, policy changes, and temporary transfers from other special funds. (Please see our report, The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals , for more background on the MVA.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC. …Though, for Some Projects, Approach Would Run Contrary to Streamlining Goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - (OES notes that under the previous approach, dispatch centers that transfer calls amongst each other had to migrate together, in a group.) Phase Three. The final phase of the implementation plan involves decommissioning the legacy 911 system with a target date of 2030.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Proposal

Feb 24, 2026 - Annual reduction of $49  million to transportation funding that the state provides to cities and counties for work on their local streets and roads. State transportation funding suballocated to cities and counties for these purposes is projected to be around $3.9  billion annually —meaning this proposal would result in a reduction of about 1   percent each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5139