The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - At the bottom of the figure, we display the total reserves planned for the end of 2020 ‑21 under the administration ’s estimates and assumptions. Under the Governor ’s proposed budget, the state would end 2020 ‑21 with $20. 5  b illion in total reserves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - In addition, the budget package includes language that would allow the Department of Finance to make payments from the General Fund for any fines related to staffing vacancies in the Coleman v. Newsom court case related to the provision of prison mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The mental health care provided at the prisons is subject to the oversight of a Special Master appointed as part of the Coleman v. Newsom federal court case, which ruled in 1995 that CDCR was not providing constitutionally adequate mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions Total $218.3 Statutory Changes Related to Cannabis Enforcement. The budget package includes statutory changes providing BCC with authority to employ sworn enforcement officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds California’s Fiscal Outlook Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds Debt Service Ratio (DSR) Has Fluctuated Historically. The DSR —the ratio of annual General Fund spending on debt service costs to annual General Fund revenues and transfers —is often used as one measure of the state ’s debt burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package included statutory intent language stating the Legislature ’s goal to increase CalWORKs grants to ensure participating families ’ incomes are above 50  p ercent of the federal poverty level (FPL) by 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - For example, while some rough estimates of anticipated project costs through 2020 –21 are included in the administration ’s 2016 Five –Year Infrastructure Plan , the administration has not provided any information on expenditures past 2020 –21 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019, the Legislature ratified new labor agreements with 14 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. In 2019-20, only one bargaining unit (Unit 18, representing psychiatric technicians) has an expired agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101