Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - As part of differentiated assistance, LEAs must examine their root issues and access support to help them improve. To comply with federal accountability rules, the state uses a similar process to identify schools in need of support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

The 2026-27 Budget: County Administration and H.R. 1 Implementation

Mar 5, 2026 - DSS is currently engaged with counties in an in ‑depth analysis of the root causes of the high CalFresh error rate. Preliminarily, income reporting appears to be a key focus. Avoiding Disenrollment of Eligible Individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5149

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

Oversight of certain public benefit artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - The measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Increased state costs that would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually to establish and operate a new regulatory commission overseeing certain public benefit AI com panies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-033

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - As  such, we find that the Receiver ’s approach of creating goals for specific areas that are out of compliance and identifying the root causes of why certain portions of the suicide prevention plan have not been implemented are a reasonable start to resolving the outstanding  issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - Many landowners lay claim to the Sea and its surrounding areas, including the Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians, who have deep roots in the area. Other landowners include the state, Riverside County, Imperial Irrigation District (IID), Coachella Valley Water D istrict (CVWD), the federal Bureau of Land Management, the federal Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation), and private  landowners.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

A Review of State Standards and Inspections for Local Detention Facilities

Feb 16, 2021 - However, in some cases, facilities ’ noncompliance with standards is rooted in deeper issues that are difficult to address, such as overcrowding, outdated or dilapidated infrastructure, and staff vacancies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4371