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May 19, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: May Revision Proposition 98 Estimates and K-14 Spending Plan
May 19, 2026 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation
May 18, 2026 - In this report, we provide a summary of and comments on this revised budget, focusing on the overall condition of the state General Fund.
Update (5/21/26): Upon further review and receipt of additional information from the administration, we estimate the amount of discretionary spending in the May Revision is $1.1 billion, rather than $1.3 billion.
May 18, 2026 - As our office publishes responses to the Governor's 2026-27 May Revision, we will add them to this index page.
May 13, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Emergency Management Committee Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee
May 6, 2026 - The pandemic accelerated widespread adoption of remote work, which has transformed California's labor market. In this report, we look at four key job groups where remote work has become common—technology, finance and accounting, business and government operations, and sales and marketing. Our review traces recent weakness in the state's labor market for these jobs to how the rise of remote work has restructured where Californians work, where they choose to live, and where employers look to hire.
May 6, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Environmental Quality Committee and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection and Energy
May 6, 2026 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy and Transportation
May 4, 2026 - In this report, we analyze how the changing fiscal and policy landscape will affect California’s health care system, including health coverage, hospitals, clinics, private health insurance, and county programs. We also provide key issues to consider regarding these effects.
May 1, 2026 - The Commission on State Mandates (the Commission) recently found two new requirements to be reimbursable state mandates: (1) offering menstrual products in public school restrooms and (2) confirming that public high school students complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid or California Dream Act Application. In this post, we provide background on school mandates, then describe our assessment and recommendations for each of the new mandates. This post fulfills a requirement for our office to analyze new mandates, as specified in Section 17562 of the Government Code.
May 1, 2026 - In February 2026, CDE certified P-1 data for 2025-26 and annual data for 2024-25. In addition to preliminary ADA, the P-1 data also includes preliminary estimates of total LCFF costs and other associated data. In this post, we describe our findings from the updated data and the fiscal implications of this data on the Governor’s January budget LCFF estimates for 2025-26 and 2026-27.
April 28, 2026 - Since 2019-20, General Fund spending has grown just over $100 billion—from $146 billion in 2019-20 to $248 billion under the Governor’s budget proposal for 2026-27. This report assesses the causes and fiscal implications of this growth in order to inform decision-making going forward.
April 27, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Committee on Transportation
April 8, 2026 - Presented to: Assembly Select Committee on CalFresh Enrollment and Nutrition