The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The program is set to sunset in January 2032. In addition to creating this program, the early action legislation enhances existing hospital financial reporting requirements to HCAI to better identify which hospitals are experiencing financial distress.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 23, 2023 - This post provides an overview of information security (IS) proposals in the Governor’s 2023-24 budget, including our assessment and recommendations across the proposals and specific to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4748

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - School Cybersecurity (AB 2355) Proposal Exceeds Requirements of AB  2355. Cal-CSIC ’s preliminary estimate of the resources needed to help LEAs goes beyond the specific requirements of AB  2355 in three key ways.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - The measure would establish a 0.75 percent tax on individuals with incomes over $5 million for the ten-year period of 2023 through 2032. The revenues generated by the tax would be deposited into new special funds and dedicated entirely to a newly established institute and two other allowable purposes, all related to pandemic detection, prevention, and mitigation.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]

Aug 24, 2021 - New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget] April 1, 2022 and annually thereafter Scholarshare Investment Board CalKIDS program implementation (modified reporting dates) TBL June 30, 2022 and annually thereafter BBL refers to the 2021-22 Budget Act as enacted by Chapter 21 of 2021 (AB 128, Committee on Budget) and amended by Chapter 43 of 2021 (AB 161,
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/521

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 8 (Firefighters)

Aug 19, 2025 - The Legislature ratified the current Unit 8 MOU through Chapter 1001 of 2024 (AB 181, Committee on Budget). The ratified MOU is scheduled to remain in effect through June 30, 2026. Our analysis of the ratified agreement can be found here .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5066

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

Aug 31, 2021 - Part of AB 86 (Committee on the Budget).   Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/547

The 2022-23 Budget: Vote by Mail Ballots: Prepaid Postage

May 13, 2022 - Chapter 120 of 2018 (AB 216, Gonzalez Fletcher) requires elections officials to include on the return envelope prepaid postage so that the voter does not pay for USPS to deliver the ballot to the elections official.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4596

The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package

Feb 23, 2022 - The 2022-23 Budget: Zero-Emission Vehicle Package c Administration ’s estimate. d LAO estimate based on average of FARMER and AB 617 incentives. GHG = greenhouse gas; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; HVIP = Hybrid and Zero ‑Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project; CORE = Clean Off ‑Road Equipment; FARMER = Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4561

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 19, 2023 - In a May early action budget decision, the state enacted Chapter  5 of 2023 (AB  111, Committee on Budget) related to how certain forms of financial aid are treated for state personal income tax purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4809