The 2023-24 Budget: Sexual Assault Evidence Kits Testing Mandate

Feb 27, 2023 - Chapter  588 also required crime laboratories to either (1)  process SAE kits and upload DNA profiles within 120 days after receiving the evidence or (2)  send the evidence to another laboratory for testing within 30 days after receiving the evidence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4714

^[PDF] Proposition 26: Allows In-Person Roulette, Dice Games, Sports Wagering on Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Requires the racetracks pay the state 10 percent of sports bets made each day—after subtracting any prize payments—for deposit into a new California Sports Wagering Fund (CSWF). — Requirements on Tribal Casinos.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Proposition-26-081022.pdf

^[PDF] Proposition 27: Allows Online and Mobile Sports Wagering Outside Tribal Lands. Initiative Constitutional Amendment and Statute.

Provides New Ways to Reduce Illegal Online Sports Betting „ Creates new ways to reduce illegal online sports betting, such as (1) requiring people who place online sports bets with any unlicensed entity to pay the state a penalty equal to 15 percent of the amount that they bet and (2) authorizing a $1,000 penalty for each day this money is not paid.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/crimjust/2022/Prop-27-081022.pdf

SRI International--Charter Schools Effectiveness

In this chapter, we focus on three important outcome areas: (1) progress toward charter goals, (2) parental involvem ent and perspectives, and (3) student achievement. The available data do not allow us to draw definitive conclusions about charters' performance in any of these areas, in part bec ause it is too early in the reform process, and in part because the available data are insufficient.
https://lao.ca.gov/1997/121197_charter_schools/sri_charter_schools_1297-part2.html

The 2022-23 Budget: Supply Chain and Port Infrastructure Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - For example, in 2021, applicants had to wait, on average, 36 days for a commercial drive test, compared to 22 days in 2019. However, the number of CDL applications actually decreased to 4,932 in 2020 ‑21 from 5,064 in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4540

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - (In fact, Figure  7 likely overstates California ’s reserve balances compared to other states because the data appears to include the SFEU in the state ’s rainy day fund balances, although it is not a true rainy day fund.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Proposed constitutional initiative related to gaming activities. [Ballot]

Aug 1, 2018 - Banking games generally involve players betting against the “house, ” who is a participant in the game with an interest in its outcome, and percentage games generally involve the house receiving a percentage of the money involved in the game.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-003

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Live Within Our Means Act (version 3)

When the reduction occurs, a “maintenance factor” is established, which is equal to the difference bet ween actual appropriations and the higher level required by Test 2. In subsequent years, the maintenance factor is restored (thereby causing spending to rise up toward the Test 2 level) through a formula that allocates extra funding to education in above-average revenue growth years.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050098.htm

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Live Within Our Means Act (version 5)

When the reduction occurs, a “maintenance factor” is established, which is equal to the difference bet ween actual appropriations and the higher level required by Test 2. In subsequent years, the maintenance factor is restored (thereby causing spending to rise up toward the Test 2 level) through a formula that allocates extra funding to education in above-average revenue growth years.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050100.htm

2005 Initiative Analysis: The California Live Within Our Means Act (version 2)

When the reduction occurs, a “maintenance factor” is established, which is equal to the difference bet ween actual appropriations and the higher level required by Test 2. In subsequent years, the maintenance factor is restored (thereby causing spending to rise up toward the Test 2 level) through a formula that allocates extra funding to education in above-average revenue growth years.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050084.htm