The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Compared with the estimates in the June 2021 budget plan, the administration revises its estimates of the guarantee up $2.5  billion (2.7  percent) in 2020 ‑21 and $5.3  billion (5.7  percent) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - This  is particularly pertinent in 2025 ‑26 given that, as we discuss in our recent publication, The 2025‑26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K‑12 Spending Plan , the required Proposition 98 funding level in the budget year is projected to exceed the amounts needed to maintain existing school programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Workforce training grants ($15  million in 2023 ‑24, partially offset by providing $14  million in Proposition  98 General Fund and limiting eligibility for the program to community colleges). Defensible space inspections ($5  million in 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - (This action creates savings within the Proposition  98 school spending requirement.) Most of the rest of the funding shown in the figure was provided in 2024-25; as such, the budget package reverts the funds in order to achieve savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

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

Jan 10, 2021 - Proposition  98 Reserve Deposits Required in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Proposition  2 (2014) established the Proposition  98 Reserve and set forth rules requiring deposits and withdrawals under certain conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2023-24 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Revenue Estimates

Mar 2, 2023 - This includes $2.5  billion from projected budget-year auction proceeds and $298  million from other GGRF revenues (such as interest earnings, additional current-year revenues from the November 2022 auction, and utilizing the existing GGRF fund balance).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4730

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of Governor’s Proposition 39 Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2013 - In view of the above concerns, we recommend the Legislature exclude from the Proposition 98 calculation all Proposition 39 revenues required to be used on energy-related projects and not count spending from these revenues as Proposition 98 expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2691

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 17, 2019 - In addition, the budget provides $2.5  million (Public Utilities Commission Public Advocates Office Account) and 14 positions to the Public Advocate ’s Office for safety-related and administrative workload, such as reviewing wildfire mitigation plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4103

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - (Given these investments in school nutrition, the Legislature also could explore whether some of the farm to school activities could potentially be supported by monies the state must provide to schools to comply with Proposition  98 constitutional requirements.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116