Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Conversely, Black Americans have historically been underrepresented in both Hollywood, and many higher ‑paying fields more generally, relative to their share of the national population. Therefore, representation proportionate to California ’s population is simply one of many statistics that can be considered as part of the state ’s equity objectives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Once the child goes to college, the funds in their CalKIDS account can be spent on qualified higher education expenses —generally tuition and related fees, books and supplies, room and board, and computer equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Figure  3 provides a high-level graphical representation of the new PDL process. Preliminary Assessment of New PDL Process PDL Process Likely to Replace the PAL Process Over Time. The state ’s current IT project approval process, PAL, helps state entities plan dozens of IT projects each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we assess proposed changes by the Governor to the state’s reserve policy and put forward our own recommendations that would allow the state to save enough in reserves to be able to afford its core service level over the long-term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5028

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - These changes included: (1)  new rules for deposits into the BSA, (2)  limitations on the Legislature ’s ability to access the fund, and (3)  a new maximum level for constitutional deposits into the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Figure  3 shows the distribution of the 36 states by the amount of time in which their Governors or Legislatures must act. At the federal level, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) was enacted in 1976 to rein in presidential emergency powers and provides that a national emergency will end automatically after one year unless the President publishes a notice of renewal in the Federal Register.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Registrations rebounded substantially in the subsequent months but generally have remained below pre-pandemic levels.   For example, registrations in February 2025 were 10 percent lower than in February 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Registrations rebounded substantially in the subsequent months but generally have remained below pre-pandemic levels.   For example, registrations in February 2025 were 10 percent lower than in February 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826