Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - Our outlook assumes that the state will successfully comply with the new requirement —resulting in upfront implementation costs, but avoiding out-year penalties for failure to comply. The federal government has yet to issue regulations on how states must implement the EVV requirements, making it difficult to estimate potential costs and impacts on services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Our primary state-level source was the Department of Finance , but we also consulted other department-level data where appropriate. We also consulted some private sources, including Federal Funds Information for States , which aggregates information on federal grants to the states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/7

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - More than half of state infrastructure spending was for local infrastructure projects (such as local schools and roads) versus state projects (such as prisons and highways). About 60 percent of the state ’s infrastructure spending was financed using bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/7

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Improving State and Local Parks. The budget provides an additional $52  million from SPRF and $1  million each from the Off ‑Highway Vehicle Trust Fund and the Abandoned Watercraft Abatement Fund to improve state and local parks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/9

The 2019-20 May Revision: Opportunity Zones [Publication Details]

May 11, 2019 - The Governor proposes to allow state tax benefits for investments in alternative energy or affordable housing in communities designated as Opportunity Zones under a new federal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4038

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2018 - Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession [Publication Details] Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession Format: HTML Description: Reserves are of critical importance to the health of the state's budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3769

Fiscal Outlook Supplement on Proposition 2

Nov 16, 2016 - In this process, the state reevaluates each year ’s BSA deposit twice: once in each of the two subsequent budgets. The state revises the BSA deposit up (down) if excess capital gains are higher (lower) than the state ’s prior estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3508

The 2020-21 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision [Publication Details]

May 17, 2020 - On May 14, 2020, Governor Newsom presented a revised state budget proposal to the Legislature. In this post, we provide an overview of the overall budget condition under the May Revision estimates and proposals; the major actions the Governor took to close an estimated $54 billion budget gap; and give our initial comments on this budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4232

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Below, we present an interactive graphic that helps the reader visualize how the state budget spent $167  billion in total state revenues. (We exclude money from the federal government and from bond issuances in order to focus on state revenues.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/12

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - The state also distributes most federal funds for education to school districts and local education agencies. However, despite these ultimate beneficiaries, we categorize all federal payments that are first distributed to the state as “payments to the state government. ” We take a similar approach for payments to local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/1