Legislative Analyst’s Office
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Becerra has eight weeks to staff a government and write a budget. Here is what the transition has to do before Jan. 4
The governor-elect must fill hundreds of appointed posts and propose a state budget by Jan. 10, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office says its first look at that budget arrives Nov. 18.
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Voters reject Prop. 45’s CEQA overhaul, and both sides turn to the Legislature
The Associated Press called the measure Saturday evening, with unofficial returns showing about 56 percent of voters opposed to a California Chamber of Commerce-backed rewrite of the state’s environmental review law.
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Before You Vote Tuesday: Reject Proposition 45
Prop. 45 would cap public comment, curb the courts and leave the door open to data centers. With three days left, the case for a No vote is stronger than ever.
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Would Prop. 45 fast-track data centers? The fine print, and the fight over it
An Inquirer Investigation reads the ballot measure’s broadband language, the Legislative Analyst’s review and a new Legislative Counsel opinion side by side, and finds a dispute that both campaigns say the text settles in their favor.
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Three bond measures, three ways to pay: what Propositions 1, 37 and 38 would cost California
The November ballot asks voters to authorize about $44 billion in bonds for housing, down payments and medical research, but only two of the three would be repaid from the state’s general fund.
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Proposition 45 Would Silence Californians to Speed the Bulldozers. Vote No.
Written by the Chamber of Commerce and bankrolled by utilities, builders and an oil driller, the measure gags public comment, ties the courts’ hands and leaves the door open to data centers. California’s environmental law deserves…
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Proposition 2 would double California’s rainy-day fund cap, and the fight is over the spending limit
The Nov. 3 measure would let the state save up to 20 percent of its general fund and keep making extra debt payments through 2040. Supporters call it basic prudence; opponents say it opens a loophole…
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As Medi-Cal shrinks, Bay Area counties rebuild safety nets they scaled back after the Affordable Care Act
Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda and San Francisco are expanding county-run care programs for people expected to lose coverage in 2027, but the documents behind those plans show the money covers only a fraction of the…
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California set a $21,000 Medi-Cal savings limit without a public count of who would lose coverage
Budget documents show how much the state expects to save by lowering the savings cap for older and disabled Medi-Cal enrollees, and how little it has disclosed about who will lose coverage.
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California faces a $2 billion food aid bill unless it cuts an error rate. The deciding year just ended.
Federal error-rate data, state budget records and legislative testimony show how a 2025 law is already shifting CalFresh costs to Sacramento and the counties, why California would pay sooner than several states with worse records, and…