The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Both U.S. citizens and California Dream Act students (sometimes referred to as AB  540 students) are able to participate in the program. (This latter group consists primarily of undocumented students.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: California State Library

Mar 7, 2025 - Chapter  249 of 2022 (AB  179, Ting) appropriated $2  million one-time General Fund to the City of San Diego for the construction of the Beverly and Joseph Glickman Hillel Center. Though the center has been constructed, the State Library indicated the center ultimately was unable to accept the funding and withdrew its request.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5013

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/824

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. This law also requires the administration to increase the retail excise tax rate effective July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/824

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - The Department of Social Services was required in statute (Chapter  46 of 2024 [AB  161, Committee on Budget]) to review the budgetary methodology used to determine annual funding for the county administration of IHSS alongside workload and administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

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: 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: University of California

Feb 27, 2025 - Chapter 50 of 2013 (AB 94, Committee on Budget) established a new system for UC. Under this system, UC is authorized to sell its own university bonds and use a portion of its annual state appropriation to cover associated debt service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4998

The 2025-26 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Multilingual Learner Screeners

Feb 26, 2025 - Chapter  15 of 2024 (AB  2268, Muratsuchi) eliminated the requirement for districts to assess English proficiency for all TK students beginning in 2024-25. This was intended to address concerns that the current ELPAC assessment was not developmentally appropriate for younger TK students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4990

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Specifically, Chapter  138 of 2012 (AB  1458, Buchanan) and Chapter  137 of 2012 (AB  1019, Buchanan) included provisions to reject changes made by the reorganization plan to certain independent entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987