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How a Nominal Appropriation Can Make a Budget Trailer Bill

September 16, 2025 2:00 pmSeptember 16, 2025 2:01 pm

When we think of the bills included in a budget deal, we think about the Budget Bill, two or three Budget Bills Junior, and multiple budget trailer bills. How are they all intertwined and how much appropriating needs to take...

California’s ‘Pathways’ From Juvenile Incarceration to College Campuses

October 11, 2024 5:45 amOctober 11, 2024 6:39 am

California’s push for “decarceration” has led to chaos in cities throughout the state. “Decarceration” on the surface sounds viable: “How formerly incarcerated people and former detention staff are coming together to build a future of work without youth incarceration,” one...

Frequently Asked Questions about Constitutional Rules for California’s Budget

May 19, 2024 8:20 amMay 19, 2024 8:29 am

What is the formal name of a budget bill junior or a budget trailer bill? The budget bill junior and budget trailer bills are formally called “other bills providing for appropriations related to the budget bill.” Where are the rules...

Joshua Trees Receive Massive Protections Under Passage Of Budget Trailer Bill

June 28, 2023 1:31 pmJune 28, 2023 1:31 pm

The western Joshua tree received permanent protections on Tuesday after years of previous attempts by lawmakers and environmental groups by being passed through a budget trailer bill rather than a more traditional endangered or threatened species listing. Federally, an attempt...

Legislative Intent and Future Budget Appropriations

August 31, 2022 7:22 amAugust 31, 2022 7:25 am

In recent years, California state government has been working on a multi-year budget cycle. This means both the Governor and Legislature have been adopting budgets that attempt to make appropriations for more than the current budget year. Is that possible,...

New Budget Trailer Bill Requires the Rehiring of Displaced Workers

April 8, 2021 6:40 pmApril 8, 2021 7:07 pm

On April 8, the Assembly Budget Committee amended Assembly Bill 84 into a new bill to require the rehiring of certain displaced workers. This bill would, until December 31, 2024, require an employer to offer its laid-off employees specified information...

Should Last Summer’s Business Tax Hikes Be Curtailed?

January 11, 2021 12:16 pmJanuary 11, 2021 12:19 pm

Last June, the California Legislature passed the Governor’s proposals from his May Revise to raise $9 billion over three years by retroactively suspending the use of net operating losses (NOLs) for individuals and businesses, as well as retroactively capping the...