The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/2

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/3

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Provides $195  million ($25  million ongoing) for flood control infrastructure. Allocates $134  million to counties to purchase new voting systems. Provides $130  million for infrastructure and equipment at correctional facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/1

The 2020-21 Budget: California's Spring Fiscal Outlook

May 8, 2020 - Historically, the state has provided the minimum level of funding for schools and community colleges, even when those levels result in year ‑over ‑year reductions. This approach, however, would involve extraordinary reductions in overall education funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4228

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2022 - Update (11/22/22): The original version of this report identified a $25 billion —instead of a $24 billion —budget problem, which reflected an error in the way we accounted for student housing grant program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4646

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - We Project Further Increases in Out ‑Years. We project caseload to peak in 2022 ‑23, consistent with historic evidence suggesting caseload peaks roughly two years after peak unemployment. We further project caseload to remain above pre ‑pandemic levels through at least 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - However, the Legislature approved $ 20  m illion from the General Fund on a one ‑time basis for SWRCB, mainly to ensure safe drinking water in schools and provide emergency relief grants to households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/9

The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Aug 30, 2021 - School District Limits. For many years, the state has shifted some of its limit to school districts that would otherwise exceed their limits. However, that shift only occurred in one direction —from the state to districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 17, 2021 - The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: Each year, the state calculates a “minimum guarantee” for school and community college funding based upon a set of formulas established by Proposition 98 (1988).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4473

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The budget includes $25  million reflecting the combined effect of increasing the eligibility thresholds and changing reporting requirements for families. Currently, to be eligible for care, parents must be working or in school and earn below 70  percent of the State Median Income (SMI) as calculated in 2007 ‑08.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/4