The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - The Governor also proposes smaller ongoing augmentations for various targeted purposes, including Calbright College, the Healthy School Food Pathways program, the Common Cloud Data Platform, and credit for prior learning.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposals for the California Community Colleges. It covers apportionments, enrollment growth, Calbright College, and various other proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5150

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Data Limitations While the department provides some data on spending drivers, publicly available data are fairly limited. This means that the Legislature ’s ability to understand spending drivers at a more nuanced level is limited.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The administration has indicated it will prioritize using administrative data to automatically identify individuals who are excluded or exempt from the community engagement requirement. For  example, the administration proposes using multiple data sources —including state wage records, Internal Revenue Service data, and third ‑party employment
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

Artificial intelligence and child safety. [Ballot]

Jan 27, 2026 - AI refers broadly to technologies that allow computer systems to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as generating content, identifying patterns, or making predictions from data.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-036

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - Next Generation 911  systems use Internet Protocol (IP) ‑based technology to send 911  data from one computer to another over the Internet. This  technology allows 911 callers to share multimedia emergency communications (voice, video, photos, and text) and improved location data with dispatch centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Assessing a Shift to Enrollment-Based School Funding

Jan 6, 2026 - Although the state collects and publishes chronic absenteeism data for all students, the chronic absenteeism rates reported on the dashboard only include data for students in grades TK  through  8. Dashboard Assigns Performance Levels for Statewide Indicators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5100

CSU Federal Grants and Contracts for Research and Other Purposes [EdBudget]

Feb 12, 2026 - Data in this table comes primarily from audit reports. This table reflects funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (including Hispanic-Serving Institutions) either as "R&D" or "Other," as applicable. a"Other" includes federal TRIO programs, workforce training programs such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), AmeriCorps, and other targeted federal programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1052

California Community Colleges Federal Funds: Student Financial Aid [EdBudget]

Jan 29, 2026 - All data in this table is from the CCC Chancellor's Office's Financial Aid Summary Report as of January 2026. Table does not show Bureau of Indian Affairs grants, as students systemwide receive less than $1 million in total associated grant funding. a Reflects total aid awarded, including any matching funds from state or institutional sources. b Reflects amount awarded/issued for the respective year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1042