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May 7, 2025 - Chapter 135 of 2017 (AB 398, E. Garcia), requires our office to report annually on the economic impacts and benefits of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and on the state’s progress towards achieving those targets. (These statutory reporting requirements were amended by subsequent legislation and are contained in Health and Safety Code sections 38592.6 and 38562.2.) The list below contains the reports we have completed in response to these requirements.
April 30, 2025 - From January 2024 through April 2025, we released six analytical reports focused on higher education trends. The reports cover trends in student access, college affordability, student outcomes, finance, faculty and staff, and facilities. The series has two main objectives. The first is to help legislators, staff, and the general public track many of the key changes that higher education has undergone over the past few decades. The second is to help legislators better navigate the future. To this end, each brief is punctuated by key issues for legislators to consider as they move forward in making higher education policy and budget decisions.
July 13, 2023 - The posts in this series are intended to evaluate the Governor’s Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal, including the major changes it would make to the Mental Health Services Act. Each post will analyze a specific component of the proposal and provide a number of considerations and/or recommendations for the Legislature.
April 5, 2022 - A series of publications related to the State Appropriations Limit (SAL).
April 5, 2022 - This series of six reports is intended to help policymakers think about how climate change will impact various sectors and, consequently, what key corresponding policy and fiscal issues the Legislature will face in the coming years. They are intended as framing documents to help the Legislature adopt a “climate lens” across policy areas.