Legislative Analyst’s Office

California’s Proposed Sustainable Aviation Fuel Tax Credit Will Raise Gas and Diesel Prices and Deliver Meager Carbon Reductions

August 28, 2026 12:46 pmAugust 28, 2026 1:58 pm

“Governor Gavin Newsom is advancing a plan that could funnel hundreds of millions in road dollars to a struggling oil refinery — pitching it as a cleaner jet fuel initiative. The credit, drawn from funds voters designated for highways and...

Assembly Republicans Call for Legislature to Pause 5 Bills Until Californians Know the Cost Impact

August 24, 2026 3:48 pmAugust 24, 2026 4:16 pm

The California Legislature keeps piling on to Californian’s bills without ever considering what it costs families. Assembly Republicans Monday called on the California Legislature to pause consideration of five bills until an independent analysis determines what they could cost Californians....

California’s Unclaimed Property Regime Turns Private Assets into a State Revenue Stream

August 13, 2026 10:00 amAugust 13, 2026 10:02 am

California State Controller Malia Cohen oversees more than $15 billion in unclaimed property. The program is described as a consumer-protection effort whose purpose is to safeguard private assets until they can be returned to their owners. California law imposes an...

Proposition 38 Benefits its Billionaire Backers

August 4, 2026 9:12 amAugust 24, 2026 11:08 am

Proposition 38, the November ballot measure designed to fund medical research, is designed to be exclusively directed to a single research institute founded by the top donor of the ballot measure: the California Institute for Immunology and Immunotherapy (CIII), a...

No Climate Crisis in California: Climate Change is Not Causing California’s Wildfires

July 23, 2026 6:00 amJuly 23, 2026 6:01 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, both Democrats, claim that they are fighting California’s climate crisis. There is no “climate crisis” in California. We have the most beautiful weather in the world. But the real crisis is...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Has Increased the California Budget 60%-70% in 7+ Years

July 21, 2026 1:51 pmJuly 23, 2026 7:47 am

California Governor Gavin Newsom has increased California’s state budget 60% to 70% in the 7 years since he took office in 2019. The 2018-19 enacted budget (pre-Newsom or early transition, signed by Gov. Jerry Brown) was $201 billion. Gov. Newsom’s...

The Inheritance: California’s Spending Problem

July 20, 2026 10:52 amJuly 20, 2026 10:52 am

From the cheap seats… Herb Morgan isn’t a politician. He’s a retired chief investment officer and financial services executive who oversaw billions in institutional assets. Now he’s running for California State Controller, arguing that California needs a financial professional in...