The 2023-24 Budget: Racial and Identity Profiling Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Since 2018, DOJ has received requests from various entities for data, including state and local agencies, media, academics and researchers, advocacy groups, and private individuals. The public has also accessed the data by downloading it from the DOJ website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4715

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Transportation

Apr 5, 2022 - In  July  2021, CalSTA adopted the final version of the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure . However, additional work is needed to ensure the agency implements these principles in allocating state transportation funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4576

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Changes made to the program in 2018 likely explain much of this trend. Specifically, the 2018 budget package: Removed a requirement that 25  percent of credits be reserved for businesses with less than $2  million in annual revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

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

Feb 27, 2026 - How Do the Options Compare? How do different options compare on parameters such as cost, effectiveness of addressing the problems encountered to date, and length of time to decommissioning of the legacy 911 system?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2018, the state established Learning Lab. The purpose of Learning Lab is to improve learning outcomes and help close equity gaps, particularly in STEM, at California ’s public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Child Support Program Proposals

Feb 18, 2022 - Additionally, cost estimates do not include costs for automation changes or impacts to CalWORKs program. Legislature Could Consider Supplementing Governor ’s Proposal With Other Pass ‑Through Policy Change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4550

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandate—Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board

May 5, 2025 - However, CSM said that costs were not reimbursable after 2017 because SB 231 made it less burdensome for local governments to increase fees beginning in 2018. The commission estimates that, in total, local reimbursements for these activities will cost the state less than $1 million (between $459,106 and $690,409, depending on how many final local reimbursement claims ultimately are submitted).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5039

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, 369 unique DVBEs were doing business as a prime contractor, and 220 were doing business as subcontractors, with state entities that use FI$Cal. However, the actual number of unique DVBEs with active state contracts may be higher because some departments that make significant use of DVBEs —such as the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Mar 18, 2026 - After finalizing its scientific basis report in 2017, SWRCB released a framework in 2018 that proposed regulatory objectives for Sacramento/Delta inflows, cold‑water habitat, Delta outflows, and interior Delta flows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

Net Taxpayer Outmigration Increased During 2017-2019 [EconTax Blog]

Jul 6, 2021 - Note that the ratio peaked in 2018 at a lower level than prevailed during the housing bubble of the mid-00s, the period when the state saw the largest net outflows. The final figure below shows net migration for filers in different age/income groupings for each year from 2012 to 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/675