The 2025-26 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 12, 2025 - State law authorizes Judicial Council to construct trial court facilities and established a state special fund —the State Court Facilities Construction Fund (SCFCF) to support construction and other facility ‑related expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4959

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan

Feb 12, 2025 - Linkage With Washington State. CARB has indicated that it is discussing linking California ’s cap ‑and ‑trade program with the program in Washington state. Such action could affect allowance prices in both states as they come into alignment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4960

The Budget Package: 2011-12 California Spending Plan

New Pension Formula. Future state employees will be enrolled in a new pension formula that generally reduces pension benefits to pre –1999 levels. Health Care. The state's employee health care costs will increase for all bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/bud/spend_plan/spend_plan_081211.aspx

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - BSCC = Board of State and Community Corrections; CDE = California Department of Education; JC = Judicial Council; DOJ = Department of Justice; and OES  =  Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services. Chapter  231 Requires Start-Up Loan for CDTFA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

Multiyear forecast of state finances under Governor's May Revision proposals

May 21, 2014 - Compared to our November 2013 forecast, our office 's new  May forecast includes substantial additional payments to reflect the Governor 's proposals to retire debt through (1) the supplemental debt payment requirements of ACAX2 1 beginning in 2015-16, (2) his proposals to retire additional obligations and pay off t he state 's "wall of debt " obligations by the end of 2017-18,
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/813

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 13, 2025 - Continuum of Care Reform (CCR) is a series of state legislation enacted over the past decade making fundamental changes to the way the state cares for youth in the foster care system. As part of implementing CCR, the state developed a new foster care maintenance payment rate structure to replace the previous age-based and group home rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4962

^[PDF] Highlights of the 2005-06 Perspectives & Issues

(Contact: Brad Williams, 319-8306) 5L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E A N L A O R E P O R T Addressing Public Pension Benefits and Cost Concerns California “defined benefit” pensions in the public sector raise certain ben- efits and cost issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/2005_pandi/highlights/pandi_highlights_022205.pdf

The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program [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/4964

The 2018-19 Budget: Repaying the CalPERS Borrowing Plan [Publication Details]

Apr 4, 2018 - All funds that make pension payments will repay the loan over the next decade or so. Authorizing legislation gives the administration some discretion over how funds will repay the loan, but the statute includes a variety of repayment requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3797

California's Fiscal Outlook: The 2010-11 Budget

Public Employee Retirement Costs Our forecast reflects an increase in the state’s annual payments to four major public employee retirement programs: pension programs for state and CSU employees, the teachers’ pension program, state and CSU retiree health benefit programs, and pension programs for judges.
https://lao.ca.gov/2009/bud/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_111809.aspx