The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision [Publication Details]

May 16, 2022 - Update (5/20/22): Updated to reflect information about state appropriations limit (SAL) excluded spending and other budget proposals. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4598

The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 17, 2021 - We also find the state will need to allocate about $14 billion to meet the constitutional requirements of the State Appropriation's Limit (SAL) across 2020-21 and 2021-22. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4472

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

The 2014-15 Budget: California Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Oct 13, 2014 - The LAO’s annual California Spending Plan publication details the 2014-15 budget package, including legislative and gubernatorial actions through October 2014. (An initial version of this publication was released in early August 2014. This final version of the publication also reflects later legislative and gubernatorial actions concerning the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3049

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - Budget act language identifies the purposes for which this funding shall be used, including to improve, retire, or replace existing IT systems in state entities; improve IS in state entities; improve the efficiency and effe ctiveness of state entities; or transition state entities ’ legacy IT systems to cloud computing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - Other Golden State Stimulus II. The budget includes $8. 1 b illion General Fund in Golden State Stimulus  II payments, the second round of state direct payments to lower ‑income taxpayers. Under the second round, the state will send payments to an estimated 14. 2 m illion taxpayers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - CalSTA = California State Transportation Agency; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CHP = California Highway Patrol; and DMV = Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Sep 23, 2021 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2021-22 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4452

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Background Medi ‑Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program, provides health care coverage to around 14  million of the state ’s low ‑income residents. Medi ‑Cal costs generally are shared between the federal and state governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The ARP included $350  billion in funding to state and local governments for fiscal recovery in the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund. Of this total, California ’s state government will receive about $27  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432