The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal - The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal February 24, 2016 Watch it on YouTube .
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The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook - California's Fiscal Outlook [Video]

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California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - The added risk variable weighs on the range of revenue outcomes that we view as most plausible. The middle of the range, which becomes our main revenue forecast, is thus lower than if we did not include the stock market risk indicator.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - During the special session, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one ‑time for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - In constructing the budget, the Legislature was faced with decisions over how to allocate $ 10  b illion in discretionary General Fund resources. ( “Discretionary ” in this context excludes billions of dollars controlled by constitutional funding requirements, such as Proposition  98 [1988] and Proposition  2 [2014], and added costs to maintain existing policies and programs.)
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The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Though this mandate is added to the block grant, the budget does not include additional block grant funding for it. Applies Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA) to Certain Programs. In addition to these changes, the budget provides a 1.56  percent COLA for both the K ‑12 and community college mandates block grants and establishes a statutory COLA for them moving forward.
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The 2016-17 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 11, 2016 - Rather than adding to the complexity and fragmentation of the state ’s workforce system, we recommend the Legislature remain focused on the overarching vision of moving toward a more coherent and integrated system.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version) California Spending Plan (Final Version) Chapter 2: Spending by Program Area Homelessness Emergency Aid Block Grants for Homelessness. The budget includes a one ‑time allocation of $ 500  m illion for block grants to local governments to fund a variety of homelessness services —such as shelter services,
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The 2015-16 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 19, 2015 - Adds Two New Mandates to Block Grant. The budget adds a new mandate related to pertussis (whooping cough) immunizations to the schools mandates block grant and provides an associated $1.7 million augmentation to the block grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3302

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - As such, our independent fiscal assessment underlies the Legislature ’s ability to assert an informed check on the executive branch, making any added complexity from diverging estimates a worthwhile trade-off.
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