The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Department of Justice The budget provides $1.3  billion for the Department of Justice (DOJ) in 2024- 25 —a decrease of $10  million (1  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level. This amount includes $504  million from the General Fund —a net decrease of $14  million (3  percent) from the revised 2023-24 amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 10, 2016 - UC asserts this partnership will provide the following benefits: (1) faster delivery of the project ’s facilities, (2) construction and maintenance savings, (3) the transfer of certain construction –related risks onto the private entity, and (4) increased budgetary certainty for the maintenance of the facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The proposal includes $3  million in 2025 ‑26 (growing to $6.2  million in by 2027 ‑28) to support the operation of the new learning center. At full implementation, this would include 24.8 custody positions, 8 plant operations positions, 5 information technology positions, 2 librarian positions, and 1 position to support community engagement (such as by processing security clearances for volunteers to enter the prison).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2015-16 Budget: Addressing Deferred Maintenance in State Office Buildings [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2015 - The Department of General Services owns and maintains 58 office buildings across the state, and the current backlog of maintenance projects for these buildings totals an estimated $138 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3216

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 15, 2017 - As shown in Figure  1, the state ’s DSR has varied considerably in past decades between about 3  percent and 6  percent. In the late 2000s, the DSR grew to about 6  percent as large bond measures were approved and state revenues dropped due to a recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3713

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 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

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - To determine whether additional classroom space is warranted within state prisons, the state needs to know: (1)  how much rehabilitation space is already available within prisons, (2)  the extent to which that space is being used, and (3)  how big of a space deficit or surplus exists at each prison and systemwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - As shown in Figure  1, the DSR has varied considerably in past decades between about 3  percent and 6  percent. In the late 2000s, the DSR grew to about 6  percent following the approval of several large bond measures, as well as a significant reduction in state revenues due to the recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118