The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Oct 18, 2017 - Each year, our office publishes the California Spending Plan to summarize the annual state budget. This publication discusses the 2017‑18 Budget Act and other major budget actions approved in 2017. In general, it reflects budgetary actions that the Legislature has taken through September 2017. In some cases, as noted, we discuss budget actions approved by the Legislature after June 15, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3694

LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook

May 19, 2017 - LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook The 2017-18 Budget LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook This post presents our office ’s outlook for the condition of the state ’s General Fund through 2020-21. As is our practice, this outlook assumes the state economy will continue to grow and assumes no other changes in federal or state law and policies beyond what the Governor has proposed in the May Revision .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3675

LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook [Publication Details]

May 19, 2017 - LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3675

A History of California’s Budget Reserves

Mar 24, 2017 - The state has two budget reserves that fulfill this purpose: the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties (SFEU) and the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA). Simply put, the SFEU is the difference between state spending and state revenues for a given fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3630

The 2017-18 Budget: Alternatives to the Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Feb 23, 2017 - These include certain budgetary liabilities (amounts the state owes schools and amounts the state ’s General Fund owes other state funds), unfunded liabilities for pensions, and prefunding for retiree health benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3574

The 2017-18 Budget: Alternatives to the Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2017 - Proposition 2 (2014) requires the state to make: (1) minimum annual payments toward certain eligible debts and (2) deposits into the state’s rainy day fund. This publication outlines alternatives to the Governor’s proposals that could free up General Fund resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3574

The 2017-18 Budget: California Highway Patrol

Feb 9, 2017 - The administration ’s recent Five-Year Infrastructure Plan —which proposes state spending on infrastructure projects in all areas of state government through 2021 ‑22 —includes ongoing projections of the CHP ’s area office replacement needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3551

Federal Spending in California [Publication Details]

Jan 18, 2017 - These online posts estimate and explore federal expenditures in California, which we define as the amount of federal spending that we can directly attribute to recipients in California. In this set of posts, we display total federal expenditures by major program, recipient, and county. We also compare federal expenditures in California to other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3531

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

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - On this measure California ranked 42 nd among fifty states and the District of Columbia. Comparing Federal Expenditures Received to Federal Taxes Paid. Another way of comparing federal expenditures among states is by comparing them to the amount of taxes paid by that state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/2