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

Jan 14, 2019 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget approved the first step of this plan by providing an across ‑the ‑board 10  p ercent grant increase effective April 1, 2019. The Governor ’s budget proposes to further increase CalWORKs grants by 13. 1  p ercent, which would raise grant levels to 50  p ercent of FPL for a family of three.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Budget-related legislation (Chapter  24, Statutes of 2019 ( SB 83, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review )) also instructs the administration to develop a proposal, by 2021-22, to (1) increase the duration of paid family leave to six months, meaning 12 weeks for each parent or caregiver, and (2) increase the wage replacement rate from 70 percent to 90 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The remaining balance of amounts previously appropriated for this purpose (about $12  million) was reverted. The budget package also included supplemental reporting language requiring a report —due on or before March  1, 2026, and annually thereafter for three years —on the problems the program was designed to address and how the funds were used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This is a net decrease of about $2  billion, or 61  percent, compared to the estimated spending level for 2019 ‑20. 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
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

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

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - The project receiving the most funding in 2019 ‑20 is DGS ’s New Richards Boulevard Office Complex in Sacramento ($1  billion). This and some other individual capital outlay projects are discussed in more detail in the other 2019 ‑20 Spending Plan posts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Additionally, we recommend that the Legislature adopt SRL that requires that, no later than January  1, 2023, each department that is receiving deferred maintenance funding in 2019 ‑ 20 i dentify how their deferred maintenance backlog has changed since 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In fall 2019 (the year just before the pandemic), the gap in success rates between in ‑person and correspondence courses was 15  percentage points. The gap shrunk temporarily during the pandemic as success rates for in ‑person courses declined as a result of disruptions to in ‑person  programming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The remaining $12  million will be used to construct spaces for outdoor recreation and programming at SQ. Judicial Branch The budget provides $5.2  billion for the judicial branch in 2024- 25 —a net decrease of $85  million (2  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924