The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, startup firms often experience losses for many years before turning a profit (if at all), potentially over the time frame that tax credits can be carried forward. To address this, the 2021, 2022, and 2023 budget acts each provided one-time funding of $120  million for a grant program to supplement the tax credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - For example, the SPI could spend more time sponsoring legislation, advocating before the Legislature, and representing the public’s interest in education issues. The trailer legislation, however, does not codify any specific duties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - This report discusses the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) proposed—and long-overdue—update of the water quality control plan for the San Francisco Bay-Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which includes an alternative compliance pathway for certain water users called voluntary agreements (VAs, also known as Healthy Rivers and Landscapes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5163

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

Mar 18, 2026 - While the Delta Plan does not directly govern water allocation, it regulates activities that significantly affect water use, ecosystem health, and certain infrastructure projects in the Delta. For example, relevant projects—such as levee improvements or habitat restoration projects—must demonstrate consistency with the Delta Plan before they can proceed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - This means that the Legislature has time to fully understand the proposal and its implications before taking action. Introduction For the In ‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, the Governor ’s 2026 ‑27 budget proposes approximately $12.5  billion General Fund, an increase of $1.1  billion (9.7  percent) from the Governor ’s revised 2025 ‑26 budget estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - To encourage survey completion, the department offered trainings to providers on the data collection surveys and sent weekly e ‑mail reminders to remind providers to submit their data before the deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. 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/853

California New Car Registrations: January 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 11, 2026 - Californians Still Buying Fewer Cars Than Before the Pandemic. 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/853

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In the meantime, the legislative budget process provides the Legislature an important opportunity to gain more insight into the contract before these updates. Gathering as much information as possible now will better position the Legislature to reassess the value of the contract in the context of whatever information is shared at the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 9, 2026 - In practice, this means the state could see continued but weakened revenue growth for some time after a correction before the outlook turns clearly negative. Revenue Impact Also Depends on the Type of Downturn.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852