Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: May 2023 [EconTax Blog]

May 23, 2023 - AB 195 established a “baseline ” level of annual funding for these programs and included some mechanisms intended to maintain funding at the baseline. Most notably, AB 195 appropriated $150 million General Fund to backfill funding shortfalls if cannabis revenues came in lower than expected in 2022-23 or 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/776

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - As shown in Figure   4 , CDCR is also operating excess capacity in other types of inpatient beds, including 205 APPs, 327  ICFs at both men ’s prisons and state hospitals, 32  APP/ICF beds at women ’s prisons, and 13 APP/ICF beds for the condemned population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2023-24 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Revenue Estimates

Mar 2, 2023 - CEC = California Energy Commission; CARB = California Air Resources Board; and AB  617  =  Chapter 136 of 2017 (AB 617, C. Garcia). Proposal Mostly Backfills Zero-Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Programs Proposed for Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4730

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Called on residents to voluntarily reduce water use by 15 percent (relative to 2020 levels) in summer 2021. 2022 Chapter 679 (SB 1157, Hertzberg) Made amendments to AB 1668, including tightening indoor residential water use standards used in water use objectives. 2023 Chapter 849 (AB 1572, Friedman) Prohibits use of potable water to irrigate nonfunctional turf on CII landscapes, phasing in the prohibition from 2027 to 2031.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 2, 2024 - Previously, statute specified that the interim rates would expire December 31, 2024 and that the permanent, ongoing LOC rate structure would be established by January 1, 2025.Th e 2024-25 spending plan amends and adds substantial new statutory language establishing the permanent rate structure and extending the interim rates period until permanent rates can be implemented (Chapter  46 of 2024 [AB  161, Committee on Budget]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4933/6

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2023: $157 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $157 million in the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July through September).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/790

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update: November 2023 [EconTax Blog]

Nov 30, 2023 - Chapter 56, Statutes of 2022 (AB 195, Committee on Budget) eliminated the cultivation tax on July 1, 2022. Preliminary Total for Third Quarter of 2023: $157 Million. The administration currently estimates that retail excise tax revenue was $157 million in the third quarter of calendar year 2023 (July through September).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/790

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss [Publication Details]

Apr 23, 2021 - On March 5, 2021, the Governor signed Chapter 10 (AB 86, Committee on Budget), which provides additional one-time Proposition 98 funding to schools for providing in-person instruction and addressing student learning loss due to the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. This post describes the major components of the legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4417

Early Budget Actions to Support In-Person K-12 Instruction and Address Learning Loss

Apr 23, 2021 - Below, we describe the major components of AB  86. In-Person Instruction Provides $2  Billion, Conditional on Meeting In-Person Instruction Requirements. Funding is allocated to local education agencies (LEAs) —school districts, charter schools, and county offices of education —based on their share of total 2020 ‑21 Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) allotments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4417

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Chapter 98 of 2022 (AB 1594, Ting): Firearm Civil Suits Beginning July 2023, requires firearm industry members comply with a specified standard of conduct —such as to implement reasonable controls to prevent firearm ‑related loss or theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701