The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - Discretionary Spending Proposals New Spending Proposals of About $600 Million. The Governor’s budget includes around $600 million in new discretionary General Fund spending across the budget window. (We consider a proposal to be “discretionary” if it provides more funding for a program or a service above what is already committed under current law or policy.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2021-22 May Revision: Golden State Stimulus 2

May 18, 2021 - As shown in Figure  2 below, the second round of payments proposed by the Governor includes three different one-time payments: (1) $600 to taxpayers who did not receive the first round $600 payment, (2)  an additional $500 payment to families who claim a dependent (typically a child), and (3)  a separate $500 payment to ITIN filers who claim a dependent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4435

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The administration estimates that the average subsidy for households with incomes between 400  percent and 600  percent of the FPL would be about $100 per month. . . . With Relatively Smaller Subsidies for Households Eligible for Federal Assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

State Options to Expand Unemployment Benefits

Apr 9, 2020 - Add State Dollars on Top of Federal $600. Another option to increase UI benefits would be to establish a state add-on to the $600 across-the-board benefit provided under H.R. 748. According to the EDD, a flat add-on would be easier to implement than adjusting state benefit formulas, as outlined above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4219

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - Under those two revenue scenarios, we estimated that total revenue would exceed the Governor’s budget assumptions by $600 million (low scenario) to $2.8 billion (base scenario) over the 2021-22 and 2022-23 fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591

^[PDF] Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the federal government has provided two one-time stimulus payments to eligible adults— (1) up to $1,200 for eligible adults and an additional $500 for each eligible child in late March 2020, and (2) up to $600 for eligible singles ($1,200 for eligible married couples) and an additional $600 for each eligible child in December 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2021/2021-22-Budget-SSI-SSP-Programs-022321.pdf

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - We estimate that the sale of buildings would result in one-time revenue to the state of between $600 million and $1.4 billion, but that annual leasing costs would eventually exceed ownership costs by approximately $200 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - In 2001, the federal government issued about 90  million checks nationwide, totaling as much as $300 per single adults ($600 for married couples). Then again in 2008, the federal government issued about 125  million checks nationwide totaling between $300 and $600 for single adults ($600 to $1,200 for married couples) and an additional $300 per child.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

LAO Other Government Areas

We estimate that the sale of buildings would result in one-time revenue to the state of between $600 million and $1.4 billion, but that annual leasing costs would eventually exceed ownership costs by approximately $200 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=5&category=0&year=0&page=25

LAO Other Government Areas

We estimate that the sale of buildings would result in one-time revenue to the state of between $600 million and $1.4 billion, but that annual leasing costs would eventually exceed ownership costs by approximately $200 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=5&category=13&year=0&page=15