The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR Also Continuing to Operate Excess APP and ICF Bed Capacity. As shown in Figure   4 , CDCR is also operating excess capacity in other types of inpatient beds, including 205 APPs, 327  ICFs at both men ’s prisons and state hospitals, 32  APP/ICF beds at women ’s prisons, and 13 APP/ICF beds for the condemned population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2025 - In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis. Proposition 64 created two excise taxes on cannabis: a 15 percent retail excise tax and a cultivation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/824

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2024 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2025 - In November 2016, California voters approved Proposition 64 , which legalized the nonmedical use of cannabis. Proposition 64 created two excise taxes on cannabis: a 15 percent retail excise tax and a cultivation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/824

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Justice

Feb 19, 2025 - Most of the General Fund is used to support the Armed and Prohibited Persons System (APPS) enforcement teams, which seize firearms from individuals prohibited from owning or possessing them. This has been the case since 2019 ‑20 when the budget package shifted full support of these teams over to the General  Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4972

Overview of K-12 Career Technical Education

Mar 25, 2025 - Of the $142  million that California received in 2024 ‑25, $64  million was made available to CDE to allocate directly to schools that serve high school students. The remaining funds were provided to postsecondary CTE programs and for state ‑level activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5021

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2019 ‑20 budget package eliminated this share of cost for seniors and persons with disabilities up to 138  percent of FPL, consistent with the eligibility rules for children and adults through age 64.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2025-26 Budget: California State University

Feb 25, 2025 - For many years, the program funded 64  Fellows (18 Assembly, 18 Senate, 18 Executive, and 10 Judicial Fellows). In 2024 ‑25, the Center received a $330,000 ongoing General Fund augmentation to support an additional seven Assembly Fellows, raising the number of Assembly Fellows from 18 to 25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4989

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - Among survey respondents, 64  percent identified costs as a factor for not previously visiting state parks. Parks notes that while the program is available throughout the state, the department has taken steps to increase access within lower ‑income communities by providing a larger proportion of passes to library branches located in areas with high poverty index percentages.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Federal CalWORKs Pilot

Feb 21, 2025 - Figure 1 California ’s Previous Penalties and Appeals (In Millions) $64 a Reflects most recent correspondence from Administration for Children and Families. b Includes penalty relief provided for “significant progress ” towards WPR target, and the impact of a penalty reduction in any given year on the penalty calculation/amount in following years. c Penalties in dispute as of January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4978