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Annual Report on Tax Exemptions for Medicinal Cannabis

June 24, 2025 - Chapter 837 of 2019 (SB 34, Wiener) established new tax exemptions for donations of medicinal cannabis. The law directs our office to submit an annual report containing data on three outcomes related to the exemptions: the number of medicinal cannabis patients served, the amount of medicinal cannabis products donated, and the amount of tax revenue lost. This report fulfills that statutory requirement for 2023.


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MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections)

June 23, 2025 - We reviewed the proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) for Bargaining Unit 6 (Corrections). This review is pursuant to Section 19829.5 of the Government Code.


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Trends in CalWORKs: Participant Characteristics

June 16, 2025 - This report is the first of a three-part series focused on trends in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program. Each part of the series focuses on an area of the program, beginning with this report on participant characteristics. The series provides an overview of the major changes to CalWORKs in recent decades and highlights key issues for Legislators to consider when making CalWORKs policy and budget decisions.


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An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

June 12, 2025 - This post provides background on the role of the public health laboratory system and changes that occurred during and in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We also provide a framework for the Legislature to use to assess the capacity of the laboratory system and whether any capacity gaps warrant further action.


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Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

June 12, 2025 - In this report, we provide background on trends in retail theft over the past decade, discuss some of the possible contributors to these trends, describe recent retail theft-related law changes, and outline key questions that the Legislature may want to ask as it continues to provide oversight of this issue.


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The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - In this post, we discuss the Governor's May Revision budget proposal to retroactively suspend three municipal stormwater mandates.


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Overview of California’s State-Supported Intercity Rail Routes and Funding

May 30, 2025 - Senate Committee on Transportation; Subcommittee on LOSSAN Rail Corridor Resiliency


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The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - This post describes and raises issues for legislative consideration about two proposed trailer bills related to (1) the Delta Conveyance Project and (2) water quality control plans.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - This post presents our office’s forecast of the condition of the state General Fund budget through 2028-29 under our revenue estimates and assuming the Governor’s May Revision policies were adopted. (Our earlier analysis, The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision, differed in two ways: [1] it provided our assessment of the budget condition in the near term only, and [2] it was predicated on the administration’s revenue and spending estimates.)


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The 2025-26 Budget: Analysis of the School and Community College Funding Split

May 20, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Analysis of the School and Community College Funding Split


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The 2025-26 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision K-14 Education Plan

May 20, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision K-14 Education Plan


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The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - Describes and comments on the Governor's May Revision proposals for reauthorizing the cap-and-trade program and spending Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund revenues.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal in the May Revision

May 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal in the May Revision handout.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - This is our analysis of the Governor’s May Revision proposal to (1) not fund scheduled pay increases to state employees established in ratified labor agreements and (2) authorize the Department of Finance (DOF) to impose reductions to employee compensation if collective bargaining agreements to achieve savings are not in place by July 1, 2025.


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The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - On May 14, 2025, Governor Newsom presented a revised state budget proposal to the Legislature. This annual proposed revised budget is referred to as the May Revision. In this brief, we provide a summary of and comments on the Governor’s revised budget, focusing on Governor’s proposals for and the overall condition of the state General Fund—the budget’s main operating account.