The 2026-27 Budget: Nonresident Tuition Rates at UC

May 12, 2026 - (We examined UC undergraduate enrollment and tuition data from 1994 to 2024, while controlling for certain factors, such as financial aid, the admission rate, and the average tuition charges at peer universities.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5183

California New Car Registrations: March 2026 [EconTax Blog]

May 8, 2026 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/857

California New Car Registrations: March 2026 [EconTax Blog]

May 8, 2026 - Statewide new car registrations declined steadily for several years leading up to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many other measures of economic activity, registrations plummeted in March and April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/857

Updated "Big Three" Revenue Outlook (May 2026) [EconTax Blog]

May 7, 2026 - Our updated forecast of revenues from the state ’s three largest taxes (income, corporation, and sales) shows a $25  billion upgrade over the Governor ’s Budget across the budget window (prior year to budget year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/856

Updated "Big Three" Revenue Outlook (May 2026) [EconTax Blog]

May 7, 2026 - Our updated forecast of revenues from the state ’s three largest taxes (income, corporation, and sales) shows a $25  billion upgrade over the Governor ’s Budget across the budget window (prior year to budget year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/856

The Rise of Remote Work: Effects on California's Labor Market

May 6, 2026 - As shown in the figure: Workers age 25 and up are more than twice as likely to work in these jobs as those under 25. Asian/Pacific Islander workers are about three times as likely to work in these jobs as Latino  workers, with other racial/ethnic groups falling in between those extremes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5182

How Will the Changing Landscape Affect California’s Health Care System?

May 4, 2026 - Foster youth, or former foster youth 25 years old or younger meeting certain conditions. Incarcerated or recently incarcerated people. Members of a tribe. Parents of children 13 years old or younger.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5180

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Mandates [Publication Details]

May 1, 2026 - The Commission on State Mandates (the Commission) recently found two new requirements to be reimbursable state mandates: (1) offering menstrual products in public school restrooms and (2) confirming that public high school students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or California Dream Act Application.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5179

The 2026-27 Budget: K-12 Mandates

May 1, 2026 - School districts submitted claims to SCO for 2021-22 (reflecting a half-year of costs), 2022-23, and 2023-24. In total, the SCO received 117 reimbursement claims (20 for 2021-2022, 56 for 2022-23, and 41 for 2023-2024) submitted by 74 school districts, representing a total of 906 eligible schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5179

The 2026-27 Budget: Update on Local Control Funding Formula Costs [Publication Details]

May 1, 2026 - In February 2026, CDE certified P-1 data for 2025-26 and annual data for 2024-25. In addition to preliminary ADA, the P-1 data also includes preliminary estimates of total LCFF costs and other associated data. In this post, we describe our findings from the updated data and the fiscal implications of this data on the Governor’s January budget LCFF estimates for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5178