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

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure 4 Department Has More Acute Psychiatric Program (APP) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) Beds Than Needed Proposed Capacity
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes $169  million for CDFA from Proposition  4, which we discuss in more detail in a separate budget and policy post — The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4. Baseline Ongoing Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decrease by about 3,400 (4  percent) from 94,200 in 2023-24 to 90,900 in 2024-25. The parole population is projected to remain roughly the same at around 35,600.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Jan 13, 2020 - As shown in Figure  4, the operating surplus under the Governor ’s budget is roughly $ 400  m illion in 2023 ‑24. This assumes, however, that the suspensions take effect, reducing General Fund spending by $2. 2  b illion in that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 10, 2016 - UC would issue $400  million in bonds for construction of the state –eligible facilities. The partner would finance the remaining $127  million for these facilities. (UC and the partner also would share responsibility for financing the facilities that are not state –eligible .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - We estimate that the DSR will fall below 4  percent over the next several years. This is because we project that General Fund revenues will increase somewhat faster than debt service costs. We assume that the state gradually sells bonds that have been approved by voters or the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

The 2015-16 Budget: Effectively Implementing the 2014 Water Bond [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2015 - On November 4, 2014, voters approved the water bond measure—Proposition 1. In this report, we (1) describe Proposition 1, (2) review the Governor’s proposals to implement the bond, (3) identify key implementation principles, and (4) recommend steps for the Legislature to ensure that the bond is implemented effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3171

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - This is well above the estimated cost of building a new high –rise in downtown Sacramento —about $400 to $500 per square foot —and far exceeds the recent sales prices of existing office buildings in the downtown area —generally under $300 per square foot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This is an increase of $27.7  million, or about 4  percent, compared to the estimated spending level for 2019 ‑20. In addition to the augmentations described below, this net increase includes augmentations related to the state ’s cannabis programs described in the “Cannabis Regulation ” section of this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Figure 4 Summary of Governor ’s Disaster ‑Related Proposals for 2019 ‑20 ( In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916