Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - Beginning in Federal Fiscal Year 2028, this limit will decline gradually over time until reaching 3.5  percent in Federal Fiscal Year 2032. This 3.5  percent requirement only applies to states that expanded Medicaid coverage to childless adults as part of the ACA (such as California).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 24, 2025 - In addition, the budget provides $5  million one time to support initial implementation of Chapter  576 of 2022 (AB  778, E. Garcia), which requires CDCR to ensure that at least 60  percent of the agricultural food products that it purchases are grown or produced in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5085

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Housing, Homelessness and Local Government

Oct 22, 2025 - In addition, Chapter  22 of 2025 (AB  130, Committee on Budget) changes grantees ’ expenditure deadline from two fiscal years after the appropriation of funds to two fiscal years after the awarding of funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5082

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The August session trailer bill (Chapter  105 of 2025 [AB  144, Committee on Budget]) modifies state law ’s requirements around federal vaccine guidance. Whereas previous law generally required providers, schools, and other groups to follow current federal recommendations, the legislation creates a new baseline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4 $3,470 35% a $181 million of this amount was provided through Chapter 2 of 2025 (AB 100, Gabriel) and was available for administering departments to expend beginning in April 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5076

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - (Earlier budget language —Chapter  5 of 2025 [AB  102, Gabriel] had authorized DOF to provide a $750  million loan to these agencies contingent on subsequent legislation, which was never enacted.) Chapter  104 requires DOF to complete this examination by January 10, 2026, and to include any proposal it develops in the Governor ’s January 2026-27 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Additionally, it extends for four years (until 2032) an existing CEQA exemption for small disadvantaged community water system or state small water system projects. For more information about how this legislation —as well as Chapter  650 of 2025 (SB  158, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review), which makes some refinements to the CEQA-related changes —affect housing development,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - For example, the budget includes $3  million on an ongoing basis from PUCURA to implement Chapter  413 of 2024 (AB  2666, Boerner), which is aimed at ensuring electric and gas utilities do not recover more than their authorized rates of return from consumers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Local Sales Tax Rebates in 2023-24

Sep 16, 2025 - A new law, Chapter  842 of 2024 (AB  2854, Irwin), requires local governments to provide information on these agreements each year, starting with fiscal year 2023-24. We describe some key aspects of these rebates in the next section.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5074

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q2) [EconTax Blog]

Sep 15, 2025 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. As required by this law, the administration raised the retail excise tax rate to 19 percent on July 1, 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/838