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

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, in 2018 ‑19, the Legislature created the Budget Deficit Savings Account —which was used to temporarily hold a $2.6  billion optional deposit into the BSA —and the Safety Net Reserve —a reserve specifically dedicated to CalWORKs and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2 , allocations were notably higher from 2018 ‑19 to 2021 ‑22 due to extreme wildfire seasons and the COVID ‑19 pandemic. It is important to note that allocations are sometimes based on cost estimates —rather than actual costs incurred —for performing the emergency response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2025. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. New Car Registrations Down Since Strong December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/826

California New Car Registrations: February 2025 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 8, 2025 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2025. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. New Car Registrations Down Since Strong December.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/826

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Somewhat less notably, spending also has increased for drugs that help control blood sugar, kidney disease, and heart disease among diabetics (known as Sodium ‑Glucose Cotransporter  2, or SGLT2, inhibitors).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - The SRR is a fixed statewide rate (currently $54.93 per day for child care programs and $55.27 for State Preschool) that is adjusted by length of care and age of child. In 2021 ‑22, Most Direct Contract Providers Shifted to RMR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - To receive grants, collaboratives must commit to creating new intersegmental academic pathways in at least two of the following occupational areas: health care, education, business management, and engineering/computing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - P = preliminary plans; W = working drawings; STEM = science, technology, engineering, and mathematics PC = performance criteria; and C = construction. Governor Also Proposes Funding Two Continuing Capital Outlay Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2015-2018, according to a rigorous third-party evaluation , LA:RISE participants had higher earnings and employment while working at an ESE but did not see long-term benefits after the transitional job ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018