New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]

Jul 21, 2025 - New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]     a BBL refers to budget bill language contained in the 2025-26 Budget Act, as enacted by Chapter 4 of 2025 (SB 101, Wiener) and amended by Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel).
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/977

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q2) [EconTax Blog]

Sep 15, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. As required by this law, the administration raised the retail excise tax rate to 19 percent on July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/838

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q2) [EconTax Blog]

Sep 15, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. As required by this law, the administration raised the retail excise tax rate to 19 percent on July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/838

Retail Theft in California: Looking Back at a Decade of Change

Jun 12, 2025 - Subsequently, between 2021 and 2023, retail theft increased by 32  percent. Over the entire ten ‑year period —2014 to 2023 —reported retail theft increased by 48 crimes per 100,000  people, or 11  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5055

California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending by Program [EdBudget]

Jul 23, 2025 - AB = Assembly Bill. MESA = Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement. A2MEND = African American Male Education Network and Development. LGBTQ+ = lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and plus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/982

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - A new law, Chapter  842 of 2024 (AB  2854, Irwin), requires local governments to provide information on these agreements each year, starting with fiscal year 2023-24. We describe some key aspects of these rebates in the next section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - Based on our higher estimates, we recommend providing $32 million more than the Governor proposes for school nutrition programs in 2025‑26. This would reflect cost growth more consistent with recent trends in the number of school meals served.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: Various California Air Resources Board Proposals

Feb 24, 2025 - In addition to helping regulate pollutants that affect air quality, CARB is the lead state agency responsible for directing the state ’s efforts to meet the GHG reduction targets established in the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Chapter  488 of 2006, [A B  32 , N ú ñez ]) and subsequent legislation (such as Chapter 249 of 2016 [SB 32, Pavley] and Chapter 337 of 2022 [AB 1279, Muratsuchi]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4980

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - For example, Chapter 770 of 2022 (AB 2085, Holden) and Chapter 832 of 2022 (SB 1085, Kamlager) focus on clarifying that experiencing poverty is distinct from child maltreatment, and in particular general neglect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - (This is 32  percent less than the proposed request of $566,000.) Recommend Revisiting Request for SSMI Position in the Future. SIB has already spent or is in the process of spending state funding dedicated to marketing activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035