The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - In both cases, (1)  the assumed level of savings is lower than what was assumed as part of the 2024-25 budget package and (2) savings that were assumed unallocated in 2024-25 are assumed to be distributed to departments in 2025-26 Control Section 4.05: Reduced Operational Costs Distributed to Departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice The 2024-25 California Spending Plan Judiciary and Criminal Justice The 2024-25 budget provides $17.8  billion from the General Fund for judicial and criminal justice programs, including support for program operations and capital outlay projects, as shown in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The administration estimates that Proposition 36 will have no impact on the average daily parole population in 2024‑25 but will cause it to be about 360 higher (or 1 percent) than it otherwise would be in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - This means that the $88.3  million in state savings estimated to occur in 2024-25 and reflected in the 2025-26 Governor ’s budget as a transfer from the General Fund to the SNSF is likely underestimated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Assuming a bond carries a 5  percent interest rate, the total cost of paying the debt over a 30-year period is close to $2 for each $1 borrowed —$1 for repaying the amount borrowed and close to $1 for interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Currently, 80 community colleges —including all 25 colleges providing instruction to students at CDCR —receive a grant from this program. (The state also provides $15  million ongoing Proposition  98 General Fund for students in county juvenile correctional facilities for similar purposes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - At the same time, these campuses have enrolled more nonresident undergraduate students, increasing the nonresident share of their undergraduate enrollment from under 10  percent in fall 2007 to about 25  percent in fall 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This decrease primarily reflects the expiration of the following one-time funding provided in 2019 ‑20: (1) $1  billion in lease revenue bond funding to construct the Richards Boulevard Office Building Complex in Sacramento and (2) $1  billion for personal protective equipment and other purchases related to the state ’s response to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to extend full ‑scope Medi ‑Cal coverage to all young adults ages 19 t hrough 25 r egardless of immigration status. Most of these individuals do not have full health insurance coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916