The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending Yes a a Only certain products, subject to prior authorization or other restrictions. State Recently Created New “Medi ‑Cal Rx ” System to Pay for Drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California Community Colleges [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5005

California’s Child Welfare System: Addressing Disproportionalities and Disparities

Apr 24, 2024 - How to differentiate between families in need of supports to address risk factors, as opposed to families who require child welfare system ‑level intervention, is an inherent challenge for decision makers across the child welfare system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4897

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - …Though Data Limitations Complicate Comparisons. The prescription drug market involves a complex and opaque system of payments and players, complicating assessments of drug prices. One key issue is rebates —negotiated discounts that drug makers pay to health plans after drugs are purchased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

^[PDF] Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, April 2023 .

Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, April 2023 . https://doi.org/10.17226/26705 National Conference of State Legislatures, “Disproportionality and Race Equity in Child Welfare,” updated January 26, 2021 . https://www. ncsl.org/human-services/disproportionality-and-r ace-equity-in-child-welfare Palmer, Lindsey et al .
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2024/4897/disproportionalities-disparities-child-welfare-042424.pdf

^[PDF] Update: Racial and Ethnic Disproportionalities and Disparities in California’s Child Welfare System

“Cumulative Rates of Child Protection Involvement and Terminations of Parental Rights in a California Birth Cohort, 1999–2017.” American Journal of Public Health, vol. 111, no. 6, June 2021, pp. 1157-1163. https://doi.org/10.2105/ AJPH.2021.306214.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2024/Child-Welfare-Disparities-040324.pdf

Five Guidelines for Using Revenue Forecasts [EconTax Blog]

Feb 20, 2025 - These forecasts use the best available data to provide informed estimates of future revenue collections. Although they have limitations, they  are important to the state budget process because they are a guide of which direction state finances are trending and  offer an objective foundation on which the state budget can be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/822

Five Guidelines for Using Revenue Forecasts [EconTax Blog]

Feb 20, 2025 - These forecasts use the best available data to provide informed estimates of future revenue collections. Although they have limitations, they  are important to the state budget process because they are a guide of which direction state finances are trending and  offer an objective foundation on which the state budget can be built.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/822

^[PDF] Teacher Workforce Trends

State currently funds these efforts as part of the Local Control Funding Formula.  Support programs for veteran teachers are most effective if developed at local level, as locally developed programs can be better tailored to the unique challenges of more experienced teachers.  Outreach to re-engage former teachers or recruit out-of-state teachers can be a cost-effective way of increasing
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2016/Teacher-Workforce-Trends-042616.pdf

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Last Year State Policy Makers Agreed to DRE Fee Increases. In 2022, an independent assessment of DRE ’s finances found a structural imbalance between costs and revenue. In response, the Legislature enacted budget trailer legislation —Chapter  41 of 2024 (SB  164, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) —as part of the 2024-25 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019