The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The  main differences between our estimates  include: Revenue Estimates Higher by $9   Billion. Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining include 11 droughts (4  percent), 9 earthquakes (3  percent), and 6 energy and 6 health emergencies (2  percent each), as well as 5 freeze and 5 wind ‑related emergencies (2  percent each).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Figure 9 shows the how much grants in higher ‑income zip codes exceeded the lowest ‑income zip codes in percent  terms. As the figure shows, while middle ‑ and higher ‑income zip codes received slightly more in state grants than lower ‑income zip codes did, the difference is more pronounced for federal PPP loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - As of February 9, 2024, DCC reported there were 5,7 54 active annual licenses and 3,924 active provisional licenses. Department of Justice (DOJ) Provides Legal Services for DCC. Under the direction of the Attorney General, DOJ provides legal services to state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Chapter  9 of 2024 (AB  106, Gabriel) included, among other actions, adoption of: (1)  the proposed delay of $100  million General Fund in last-mile project grant funding from 2024 ‑25 and 2026 ‑27, and (2)  the proposed reduction of $250  million General Fund from the LLRF across both 2024 ‑25 ($150  million) and 2025 ‑26 ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Specifically, the administration forecasts operating deficits ranging from $4  billion to $9  billion over the multiyear period. We recommend the Legislature avoid enacting a budget that plans for future deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - For the remaining 2,200 or so miles of standalone Caltrans construction projects, CDT issued a second RFI2 solicitation —that is, a procurement method that defines a department ’s business need or problem to solve and allows vendors to design their own solutions —on November 9, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - As a percentage of revenues, the transfer to the General Fund has varied from 9  percent of fee revenues in 2019 ‑20 to 41  percent of fee revenues in 2017 ‑18. The consistent and large transfers to the General Fund suggest that business entities have been paying higher fees than are necessary to support the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Reflecting the administration ’s revised revenue estimates, the Governor ’s budget proposal provides an additional $ 575  m illion General Fund to schools and community colleges (relative to June 201 9) f or 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Researchers suggest that particulate matter in fire‑prone areas could roughly double by the end of the century, and that a 50 percent increase in wildfire smoke could increase deaths of older adults by an additional 9 to 20 per 100,000 people annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575