The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The administration has yet to provide key details, such as grant amounts, the allowable uses of funding, and time lines for when funding would be awarded. We recommend the Legislature request additional information from the administration regarding key elements of the infrastructure grant proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

^[PDF] Allocating Local Sales Taxes: Issues and Options

Recently, these concerns have focused on one of the negative consequences of the situs-based system—the counterproductive competition that it creates between local communities for sales tax-generating businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/sales_tax/sales_tax_012407.pdf

^[PDF] Improving State Nursing Programs to Ensure an Adequate Health Workforce

In addition, we recommend that the supplemental funding for nurses be pro- vided only for a limited time period and ended once enrollment growth for nurses is more in line with overall enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/nursing/nursing_052907.pdf

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Reject Proposed Changes to Time Line for Awarding New CAPP Slots. Given the proposed changes to CAPP time line would eliminate legislative oversight of CAPP funding, we recommend rejecting the proposal and continuing to use the current time line, where new CAPP slots are not allocated and CAPP contracts are not finalized until after the Legislature enacts a budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

^[PDF] Overview of Efforts to Modernize EDD’s Benefit Systems

L E G I S L AT I V E A N A LY S T ’ S O F F I C E 3 Time Line of Key Technology Efforts at EDD „ 2003 Through 2015—UI Mod Project. Partial modernization allows workers to file claims, certify ongoing claims, and manage claims online. „ 2003—State Uses DI Program Architecture to Create Paid Family Leave. „ 2004 Through 2012—Disability Insurance Automation (DIA) Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/revtax/2026/Overview-of-Efforts-to-Modernize-EDD-Systems-022426.pdf

In order to meet an April 2011 statutory deadline, the Employment Development Department proposes an interim parallel database solution for implementing an alternate base period.

May 10, 2010 - Essentially, the interim solution would de-link the two efforts. The department would  create a parallel UI/DI database  that utilizes modern technology and is  flexible enough to handle  ABP implementation.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/210

The 2020-21 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission

Feb 27, 2020 - Each eligible household can receive one subsidized telephone line —either wireline or wireless. For each household enrolled in the program, CPUC provides telephone companies (carriers) a monthly state subsidy that is meant to offset the lower rate charged to the consumer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4184

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - If the new rates do not take effect by this date, DSS must provide the Legislature with a time line for transition. Specifies that the new reimbursement rates shall not be reduced from the rates previously in effect, including the one-time cost of care plus rates that were part of the most recent collectively bargained and parity agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932