Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality

Dec 10, 2024 - Recent Trends in Young Adult Mortality Trend in Young Adult Motor Vehicle Deaths Age 15 to 44 Deaths in Motor Vehicle Crashes Increased in 2020. Figure  16 displays total quarterly motor vehicle crash deaths among Californians age 15 to 44 over the last six years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4945

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 Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - Although many low-wage workers are young, many others are old enough to be well into their careers. Roughly half are at least 35 years old. One-Quarter of Low-Wage Workers Are 50 or Older. The age distribution of low-wage workers extends well into middle age.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/2

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - The shortage of mental health services is more severe for young adults, with 34  percent of individuals aged 18 through 25 having a mental illness in 2021 ‑2022 and less than two ‑thirds of young adults with mental illness receiving services  in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - Budget language renames the housing navigator program as the Housing Navigation and Maintenance Program, and extends eligibility and priority for the program to help young adults who are 18 to 25, with priority given to young adults formerly or currently in the fo ster care system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/4

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

Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status

May 5, 2021 - Using data from the full-scope expansion for undocumented young adults ages 19 through 25, we estimate that the availability of full-scope coverage increased enrollment among undocumented young adults by about 7  percent above what it would have been if only restricted-scope coverage had been available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4423

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan also includes $9  million General Fund on a one-time basis for the Diaper Bank program, which provides funding to food banks for the distribution of diapers and wipes to low-income families with young children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/3

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - For example, Reedley College (near Fresno) not only offers a two‑year degree in forestry, but also is collaborating with a local conservation corps and workforce development board on a 20‑week program to train young adults for vegetation management positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487