November 2025 Limón Takes over as Senate Leader ED Announces Partnership of Six Education Programs with Other Agencies LAO Projects $18 Billion State Deficit October Revenues Continue Upward Trend CalPERS Employer Contribution Rate Estimates Signed Bills Establish Education and Workforce Council Longest Government Shutdown in U.S. History Ends IRS 2026 Payroll and Benefit Parameters Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Proposition 50 Will Proposition 98 Settle-Up Become a Budget Balancer? PPIC Poll Shows Majority Support for Proposition 50
October 2025 Federal Government Shutdown Enters Fifth Week LAO: California Faces $22 Billion Wall of Debt State Revenues Continue to Outpace Projections Initiative to Extend Proposition 30 Analyzed by LAO California’s Affordability Challenge State Revenues Exceeding Expectations Ask SSC . . . Proposition 50 Newsom Signs Bill Affirming Human Qualifications for CCC Roles Economic Forecasts Home in on Jobs ED Releases 2026-27 FAFSA Form Federal Government Enters Partial Shutdown
September 2025 FY 2026 Federal Budget Update BOG Approves 2026-27 System Request Newsom Signs Immigration Enforcement Notification Bill Finance Bulletin Shows Mixed Economic Signals Governor’s Pen Poised for Action Federal Reserve Rate Cut Legislature Wraps up the 2025 Legislative Year Top Legislative Issues—September 5, 2025 Initiative Launched to Extend Proposition 30 Appropriations Committees Take up Suspense Files