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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.
May 19, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal in the May Revision handout.
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.
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.
May 8, 2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy and Senate Environmental Quality Committee
May 7, 2025 - Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, E. Garcia), requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and on the state’s progress towards achieving those targets. (These statutory reporting requirements were amended by subsequent legislation and are contained in Health and Safety Code sections 38592.6 and 38562.2.) The list below contains the reports we have completed in response to these requirements.
May 7, 2025 - This report is intended to help inform legislative decision-making around reauthorization of the cap-and-trade program. It is submitted pursuant to Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, Garcia), which requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets.
May 7, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
May 7, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
May 5, 2025 - In this budget post, we discuss a municipal stormwater mandate issued by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board in 2009 for local governments in Orange County.
May 1, 2025 - Chapter 114 of 2021 (SB 144, Portantino) required our office to issue a report summarizing the workforce diversity information collected by the California Film Commission (CFC) and evaluate the effectiveness of the tax credit for increasing diversity. In this report, we describe the existing requirements and upcoming changes to diversity efforts in the program, compare and contrast the workforce diversity of productions receiving credits with the broader California workforce and population, and provide some broader considerations for evaluating the expanded requirements taking effect in version 4.0 of the credit.
April 30, 2025 - From January 2024 through April 2025, we released six analytical reports focused on higher education trends. The reports cover trends in student access, college affordability, student outcomes, finance, faculty and staff, and facilities. The series has two main objectives. The first is to help legislators, staff, and the general public track many of the key changes that higher education has undergone over the past few decades. The second is to help legislators better navigate the future. To this end, each brief is punctuated by key issues for legislators to consider as they move forward in making higher education policy and budget decisions.
April 30, 2025 - This is the final brief of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This brief focuses on higher education facilities. The brief includes key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
April 30, 2025 - In this post, we analyze the Governor’s budget proposal to provide the Scholarshare Investment Board with three additional employee positions to support the California Kids Investment and Development Savings program.
April 30, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy and Transportation