The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/1

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/2

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951/3

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature begin to consider how the state might address the budget ’s ongoing problem. For example, using some of the windfall to make supplemental pension payments would reduce the multiyear structural deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2022-23 Budget: K-12 Early Literacy Proposals

Feb 15, 2022 - According  to the California State Teachers ’ Retirement System, which manages the state ’s pension system for teachers, 3,202 California teachers retired in the second half of 2020 —a 26  percent increase relative to 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4539

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [Publication Details]

Sep 26, 2024 - The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool [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/4932

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - Expands State Preschool to Two-Year Olds. The budget gives State Preschool providers the option to serve two-year olds. (Previously, State Preschool providers could only serve three- and four-year olds.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Reduces Funding for State Preschool Offered by School Districts and COEs. The budget reduces Proposition  98 funding for State Preschool by $302  million on a one-time basis. This reflects the estimate of State Preschool funds for school districts and COEs that would otherwise go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Each year, the state pays many billions of dollars towards debts and liabilities. (Under the Governor ’s May Revision, for example, the state would make $3.4  billion in constitutionally required debt payments under Proposition  2, as well as other routine debt payments made by the state, such as annual actuarially required contributions to the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2018-19 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 15, 2017 - Ongoing augmentations would help districts manage various cost pressures, including notable increases in pension contributions, whereas one ‑time funding would provide a buffer in case the guarantee drops in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3716