California's December income tax collections were quite strong

Jan 7, 2014 - December is an important PIT collection month, as high-income taxpayers (major recipients of  capital gains and business income) begin to make their final estimated payments for the calendar year, which are due on January 15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/775

2005 Initiative Analysis: The High Quality Classroom Act.

The monies in this fund would be “continuously appropriated”—that is, appropriated automatically each year without the need for further legislative act ion. Education Expenditure Provisions K-12 Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2005/050066.htm

Review of the California Department of Education

(Other CDE locations include food distribution centers in Sacramento and Pomona and about 25 small nutrition field offices spread throughout the state, as well as the CDE Press publishing facility and a school bus driver training facility, both located in Sacramento.)
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/education/review-cde/review-cde-082814.aspx

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget BillK-12 Education, Budget Issues

As shown in Figure  25 above, about 8  percent of classrooms for CSR were created by converting space from other uses. These facilities include libraries, computer and science labs, teacher lounges and prep rooms, gymn asiums and cafeterias, and child care facilities, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/k12_ed_depts1-b_anal97.html

Early Education Annual Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]

Dec 20, 2023 - Infant, toddler and 3 year old average rates include respective adjustment factors. Note: All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate at least 3 hours per day for 180 and 175 days per year respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/804

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals [Publication Details]

May 9, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals Format: HTML Description: To obtain a license to practice medicine, California law requires all medical school graduates to complete three years of postgraduate training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4034

LAO Analysis of the 2002-03 Budget: Education, Special Education

In addition, the Governor's budget contains the second of ten annual installments of $25  million each in accordance with the terms of the special education settlement agreement set forth in Chapter  203, Statutes of 2001 (SB 982, O'Connell).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2002/education/ed_14_Special_Education_anl02.htm

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Historically, the state has expected UC to draw its freshman admits from the top 12.5  percent of the state ’s high school graduates. As we have noted in previous analyses, UC has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years and likely will continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

Fiscal Outlook: Property Taxes Exceed Budget Expectations [EconTax Blog]

Nov 15, 2017 - Growth in assessed property values in 2017-18 falls in line with the pattern of growth in recent years. Since recovering from the recession, assessed values have had four straight years of growth in the neighborhood of 6% per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/258

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Pensions

Oct 12, 2020 - Pension Payments on Behalf of School and Community College Districts 2019 ‑20 Budget Act Gave Districts Short- and Long-Term Relief. The 2019 ‑20 Budget Act included $850  million in supplanting payments to help school and community college districts pay their required contributions to CalSTRS and the CalPERS School Pool in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4279