The 2026-27 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 18, 2026 - The 2026 ‑27 budget projects the average monthly number of IHSS hours per case to increase from 125.1 hours in 2025 ‑26 to 127 hours in 2026 ‑27. We  will discuss the growth in IHSS hours per case in a later section of this brief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5166

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q3) [EconTax Blog]

Dec 2, 2025 - On September 22, the Governor signed Chapter 127 of 2025 (AB 564, Haney), which cut the retail excise tax rate from 19 percent to 15 percent on October 1. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2025: $177 Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/844

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q3) [EconTax Blog]

Dec 2, 2025 - On September 22, the Governor signed Chapter 127 of 2025 (AB 564, Haney), which cut the retail excise tax rate from 19 percent to 15 percent on October 1. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2025: $177 Million.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/844

Sales Tax Exemption for Bunker Fuel

Nov 19, 2025 - In the same month, the average prices per metric ton of marine gas oil in the Americas and in the Asia-Pacific region were $837 and $786, respectively. Maritime Fuel Deliveries. To estimate California deliveries of residual fuel oil (a major type of maritime fuel), we combine data from a couple of sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5094

The 2025-26 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 10, 2025 - The number of positions in this category grew from 127 to 165 in 2024 ‑25 (a  30  percent increase). All other position categories (academic support, student services, and institutional support) grew in size by an average of 10  percent, while facilities and maintenance personnel did not grow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5014

The 2025-26 Budget: Single Sales Factor for Financial Institutions [EconTax Blog]

Feb 13, 2025 - Journal of Political Economy 2019 127:3, 1262-1316. Goolsbee, Austan and Edward L. Maydew (2000). Coveting thy neighbor ’s manufacturing: the dilemma of state income apportionment. Journal of Public Economics 75(1), 125-143.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/821

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - CalWORKs Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services: Funds for mental health and substance abuse services within CalWORKs have also been historically underspent (with about $30  million of $127  million unspent annually in recent years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

California’s Low-Wage Workers and Minimum Wage

Mar 11, 2024 - What We Know About Earnings Nonresponse 30 Years After Lillard, Smith, and Welch. ” Journal of Political Economy 127(51). Dutz, Denis, Ingrid Huitfeldt, Santiago Lacouture, Magne Mogstad, Alexander Torgovitsky, and Winnie van Dijk (2022).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4878/4

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Chapter 45 of 2023 (AB 127, Committee on Budget) also requires CDT to update the middle-mile network map on its website within 60 days of any contract to build or lease middle-mile broadband infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814