UC Merced at 20: Campus Developments and Key State-Level Takeaways

Nov 7, 2024 - CSU Channel Islands, the most recently constructed CSU campus (opened in 2002), anticipated enrollment to grow to 12,000 FTE students by 2020, but its peak to date has been only roughly half that amount (6,406 FTE students in 2019).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4937

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - The 2024‑25 budget package provides a total of $17.8 billion from various fund sources—the General Fund, a number of special funds, bond funds, and federal funds—for the departments overseen by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). This amount represents about half of total 2023‑24 estimated expenditure levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - DRP ‑TV ’s education channel televises college course content for students who are enrolled in correspondence classes. Internet and Wi ‑Fi Connectivity. The state provides $5  million ongoing funding for students to have access to Wi ‑Fi in common areas of a prison, such as day rooms, dining halls, gyms, libraries, and classrooms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - For example, the Kopta Slough project would restore a river channel and remove rock revetment, ultimately leading to restoration of 170 acres of salmon rearing habitat on the Sacramento River. Similarly, the Crow ’s Landing project would restore a floodplain and provide 270 acres of salmon habitat in the San Joaquin River basin.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - Three additional projects totaling 1,022  acres are under construction or about to start construction —a pilot project to create fish habitat, a project to preserve and enhance wetlands, and a project to restore several stranded channels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - This funding will support construction of permanent barriers in three channels in the southern Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta with operable gates to control the flow of water. This project, which is expected to be completed by 2029, has been identified by the state and federal governments as a way to control salinity, improve water quality, and allow free fish passage in these south Delta channels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

New Inflation Poses Not So New Budget Risk

Dec 15, 2022 - First, what is the main channel through which high inflation affects the state’s budget condition? Second, how exposed is the state’s cost structure to the effects of high inflation? The broader concerns related to inflation also give rise to an important question from the opposite direction: Should the Legislature consider whether its policy choices will influence the level or direction of inflation in the economy?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4653

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - The Legislature has prioritized port issues through nonbudgetary channels as well, such as by convening the Assembly Select Committee on Ports and Goods Movement for two hearings, one on congestion (November 2021) and another on the impact of port congestion on agriculture (February 2022).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

The 2022-23 Budget: California State Library

Feb 18, 2022 - The largest area focuses on digitizing various state historical assets, such as analog videos from the California Channel and fragile historical resources. The next largest area would focus on digitizing resources in the State Library ’s Government Publications Section, with the goal of digitizing 20  percent of the section ’s state agency publications, barcoding older resources
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4549

Why is Venture Capital Funding a Useful Economic Indicator? [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2021 - Over the longer term, VC funding can significantly impact state revenue through another channel: initial public stock offerings (IPOs) of privately held firms. When a firm goes public through an IPO, its owners and employees will typically realize large gains from stock options, and these gains are taxable as ordinary income under state and federal law.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/626