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February 12, 2025 - In this brief, we provide an overview of the proposed funding for the judicial branch in 2025-26. We also analyze the Governor’s budget proposals to increase discretionary funding to the trial courts and start a capital outlay project to construct the new Tracy Courthouse in San Joaquin County.
February 10, 2025 - Presented to: Assembly Budget Committee
February 6, 2025 - Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
February 5, 2025 - This report assesses $1.8 billion in behavioral health infrastructure grants awarded in 2022 and 2023 to help the Legislature conduct oversight over $4.4 billion in additional grants funded by the Proposition 1 bond expected to be awarded beginning May 2025.
January 30, 2025 - Presented to: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review
January 28, 2025 - This post answers commonly asked questions related to wildfires in the state of California.
January 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above.
On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue-specific budget analyses. For those additional analyses, please see our budget page.
January 7, 2025 - This report explores key questions that frequently emerge around residential electricity rates in California, including why electricity rates are relatively high, some resulting implications for ratepayers and state climate change goals, and notable emerging issues.
January 1, 2025 - As we release publications aimed at addressing the 2025-26 budget situation, we will add them to this index page.
December 20, 2024 - Chapter 636 of 2022 (AB 1206, Bennett) modified the rules community land trust properties must meet to qualify for the property tax exemption, making it easier for properties to maintain their exemption when low-income residents experience a modest gain in income. AB 1206 also required our office to report data on the use of the exemption by community land trust properties. This report is issued pursuant to AB 1206.
December 10, 2024 - This report examines recent trends in age 15 to 44 mortality and breaks out this growth by underlying causes of death. It also takes a closer look at some of the major causes of death and notes some key issues for legislative consideration.
December 4, 2024 - This brief is the fifth of a six-part series covering higher education trends in California. This brief focuses on the higher education workforce and how it has changed over time. The brief tracks changes in the number of faculty and staff, their demographic composition, compensation, recruitment, and retention. The brief also raises key issues for the Legislature to consider as it makes related policy and budget decisions.
December 2, 2024 - Download our companion infographic for a quick summary of the issues and recommendations in this report.
California’s unemployment insurance (UI) program provides temporary wage replacement to unemployed workers. The state’s UI program financing system is broken. Benefits now routinely outpace incoming tax contributions, leading to a costly reliance on federal loans and constraining the state’s options to improve the program. This report describes the problems with the system in greater detail, including historical context and our projections of the future. We offer four recommendations that would fix the state’s broken UI system.