The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Under this time line, the administration estimates BPPE would make annual payments of $1.9  million from 2026-27 through 2031-32, with those payments totaling $11.5  million (including interest) across the six-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Re-Envisioning State Education Governance

Mar 18, 2026 - All six studies concluded the state ’s governance model had fundamental shortcomings and could be improved. The studies also generally agreed on the core problems. Specifically, they identified three main issues: Unclear Lines of Accountability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5165

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - More frequent renewals will likely increase the risk of disenrollment even among otherwise eligible individuals, due to the increased frequency of needing to submit required documentation. Like community engagement requirements, more frequent renewals are also expected to increase administrative workload for county eligibility systems, at least in the short run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - In combination, as shown in Figure  3 , it makes it likely that at least $21  billion could be needed to complete the list of 80 projects. These costs will likely continue to increase over time due to inflation and various other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

Oversight of certain frontier artificial intelligence (AI) companies. [Ballot]

Jan 20, 2026 - Costs would vary from year to year but would likely be in the tens of millions of dollars annually. These costs would genera lly be paid by new revenues from fees, assessments, and penalties authorized by the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-034

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - State income tax growth typically lags stock market turning points by six to twelve months. Before past downturns, taxes have generally grown briskly, often due to the same stock market run-ups that preeceded the downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - State income tax growth typically lags stock market turning points by six to twelve months. Before past downturns, taxes have generally grown briskly, often due to the same stock market run-ups that preeceded the downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Namely, those tax credits could have been awarded to another applicant who would have been more likely to achieve their milestones. However, as we discuss next, this has not been the case in the last few years of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - With this additional funding, UC likely would: Provide salary increases for nonrepresented and represented employees. We estimate each  1  percent increase in payroll would cost $55  million in 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - Specifically, including EBPs federally rated as supported or promising (rather than well ‑supported) likely would require the state and counties to take on new costs to meet federal monitoring and evaluation requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106