The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2025 - In this post, we provide an update and comments on the implementation of a new firearm and ammunition tax that went into effect beginning July 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure 1 Distribution Priority for Excise Tax Revenue Funding Priority Order Maximum Annual Amount (In Millions) Department $75.0 BSCC California Violence Intervention and Prevention (CalVIP) Grant Program which provides competitive grants for violence prevention activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - This is due to the complex formula that dictates the order in which special funds receive criminal fine and fee revenue that is collected. Given the fund ’s priority order in this formula, it is not certain that it would receive the expected revenues as funds with a higher ‑priority order could receive the bulk of any additional revenue collected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - These projects were categorized into five groups —and ranked within each group —in the following descending priority order: 18 immediate need projects ($2.3  billion), 29 critical need projects ($7.9  billion), 15 high need projects ($1.3  billion), 9 medium need projects ($1.6  billion), and 9 low need projects ($100  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959