The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - School Cybersecurity (AB 2355) Proposal Exceeds Requirements of AB  2355. Cal-CSIC ’s preliminary estimate of the resources needed to help LEAs goes beyond the specific requirements of AB  2355 in three key ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In particular, we offer background information; comments on revenue trends, CDTFA ’s enforcement activities, and the AB  3218 budget change proposal (BCP); and questions that budget subcommittees may wish to ask about these issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Under AB  1864, the department has broad authority to oversee those same entities as well as any firm or person providing consumer financial products or services. New industries now under department oversight include those providing private postsecondary education financing and debt relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

Key Differences Between Recent Medical Cannabis Laws and Proposition 64: A Preliminary Review

Dec 20, 2016 - Specifically, three state laws enacted in 2015 ( Chapter 688 [AB 243, Wood] , Chapter 689 [AB 266, Bonta] , and Chapter 719 [SB 643, McGuire] )—known collectively as the Medical Cannabis Regulation and Safety Act (MCRSA)—and more recent legislation ( Chapter 32 of 2016 [SB 837, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review ]) provide a statutory framework to regulate medical cannabis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3517

COVID-19 and the National Guard

Apr 8, 2020 - National Guard Authorized Under Title 32 in Response to COVID-19. On March  22, 2020, President Trump authorized the National Guard in California to serve under Title 32 of the U.S. Code in order to support the state ’s COVID-19 response efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4218

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - This report satisfies supplemental report language adopted by the Legislature in 2022 on nonreporting entities’ information security (IS) compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - In zip codes that have a higher representation of Black residents, 32  percent of businesses are in these service ‑oriented industries. The figure is 35  percent for zip codes that have a higher representation of Hispanic/Latino residents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Specifically, Chapter  138 of 2012 (AB  1458, Buchanan) and Chapter  137 of 2012 (AB  1019, Buchanan) included provisions to reject changes made by the reorganization plan to certain independent entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Most relevant to AB  531, the proposals include $25  billion for home ownership and construction (SB  834 [Portantino]), $10  billion for affordable rental housing and home ownership programs (AB  1657 [Wicks]), and $5.2  billion for substance use treatment and other behavioral health programs (AB  1510 [Jones-Sawyer]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790