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

Trends in Higher Education: Facilities [Publication Details]

Apr 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5037

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Under the program, SIB opens college savings accounts and makes deposits for eligible children (discussed in more detail below). The deposits are invested so they have the potential to grow over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

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

Apr 29, 2025 - The New PDL Process for GenAI Projects Consistent with the requirements of the EO, the most recent deliverable completed in February 2025 makes changes to the state ’s technology project procurement and approval processes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

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

Apr 11, 2025 - This would make estimates of performance more accurate and potentially more achievable for some counties. Although making this change might only result in modest changes to the statewide performance payment, compared to the Governor ’s proposal, it may have a larger impact on smaller, more rural, counties that are more affected by small changes in failure-to-prison rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - However, using data from the Fiscal Survey of States put together by the National Association of State Budget Officers, California ’s rainy day fund balances are somewhat below average. Figure  7 shows states ’ rainy day funds as a share of total spending in 2024.
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 - 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 - Additionally, consumers often borrow money to buy cars, likely making this indicator particularly sensitive to changes in credit markets. The Department of Motor Vehicles ’ monthly registration data are more timely than other key indicators of state-level consumer spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Additionally, consumers often borrow money to buy cars, likely making this indicator particularly sensitive to changes in credit markets. The Department of Motor Vehicles ’ monthly registration data are more timely than other key indicators of state-level consumer spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826