Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - To summarize, in Figure  3 , we provide relative assessments of each option using our criteria, dividing them into “green ” for the best measures on each criterion, “yellow ” for measures where some deficiency is identified, and “red ” for measures we judge to be significantly deficient.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Relocation of Red Mountain Communications Facilities. The budget provides a net increase of $23  million one-time General Fund for the construction phase of the Relocation of Red Mountain Communications Site project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - During the phase ‑in period, the state also entered the dot ‑com recession. These two cost pressures absorbed the remaining flexibility in the state ’s UI tax system. As  shown in Figure  4 , the state began this period in Schedule C but quickly moved to Schedule F+, the highest tax schedule, where it has remained since.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - (The small red area of the figure represents this smaller fraud estimate.) EDD Puts Significant Focus on Fraud Prevention. Due to a concern that workers may lie to get UI payments, EDD ’s practices have evolved over time to meticulously scrutinize worker eligibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615