The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - Therefore, the Legislature finds itself in the position of needing to evaluate whether these activities and staffing expansions at LCI are a higher priority than other existing General Fun d-supported activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - Also, HCD currently plays a key role in the review and implementation of AHSC, so it already has “in house ” knowledge of the program. Further, the intent is that this knowledge and program capacity will be transmitted to HDFC through the proposed position transfers from HCD  to HDFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2026 - So far, most of the changes in quarterly revenues appear to be seasonal, without much year-over-year growth. Like sales of tangible goods more generally, firearm and ammunition sales seem to peak in the fourth quarter of the calendar year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/849

Firearms and Ammunition Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2026 - So far, most of the changes in quarterly revenues appear to be seasonal, without much year-over-year growth. Like sales of tangible goods more generally, firearm and ammunition sales seem to peak in the fourth quarter of the calendar year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/849

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The Legislature could ask the department at budget hearings to share its current thinking on whether it is contemplating providing technical assistance to support providers, and if so, how such effort could be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 13, 2026 - The Governor's budget restores UC's base funding in 2026-27 so that the size of the deferral does not grow.  b The 2025-26 Budget Act included intent language to provide UC with this augmentation.  c Reflects nonresident replacement funding of $30 million for 2026-27 as well as deferred ongoing nonresident replacement funding of $31 million from 2025–26 to 2026–27 included in the 2025-26 Budget Act. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1044

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - (For example, the proposal to provide fun ding to increase the number of behavioral health providers does not specify what share of funding would be allocated by provider type within the broad category of behavioral health providers.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - As mentioned previously, CCAP has argued that the reason the panel has heard so few cases is because so many licensees held provisional licenses. It further asserts that more cases will come now that the transition to annual licenses is largely complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommend expanding the licensing exemptions so that all out ‑of ‑state mental health providers already licensed in their respective state no longer need to acquire a California license to work at CDCR.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

2025 Update: Tech Company Stock Pay Accounts for One-Quarter of Withholding Growth So Far in 2025-26 [EconTax Blog]

Dec 3, 2025 - 2025 Update: Tech Company Stock Pay Accounts for One-Quarter of Withholding Growth So Far in 2025-26 [EconTax Blog] 2025 Update: Tech Company Stock Pay Accounts for One-Quarter of Withholding Growth So Far in 2025-26 December 3, 2025 Chas Alamo As we outlined in 2023 and again in 2024 , compensation in the form of company stock at California's large technology companies has become an increasingly large contributor to state income tax withholding.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/843