The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Governor ’s Proposal Shift GCP to DGS. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the GCP from VCGCB to DGS. As part of this shift, the budget transfers nine positions and $1.2  million in funding authority to DGS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

LAO 2005 Budget Analysis: Health and Social Services Overview

On this basis, General Fund expenditures are estimated to increase by 45  percent from 1998-99 through 2005-06, an average annual rate of 5.4  percent. Combined General Fund and special funds expenditures are estimated to increase by 45  percent during this same period, also at an average annual increase of 5.4  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2005/Health_ss/hss_01_ov_anl05.htm

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Food Stamps Program

Eliminating these eligibility expansions would result in (1) com bined General Fund administrative and CFAP savings of about $3.5  million in the budget year, and (2) foregoing $203  million in federal food coupons for low-income Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/health_ss/hss_20_foodstamps_anl04.htm

^[PDF] Open Meeting Act/Brown Act Reform Mandate

These claims assumed that mandate compliance for each agenda item required 45 minutes of staff time, at an average hourly labor cost of $40 to $74. Each CCD claimed more than $40,000 annually. County of Kern.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/localgov/2004/Open_Meeting_Act_060904.pdf

Update on School District Budgets

Nov 16, 2020 - Most Districts Submitted 45-Day Revisions to Their Adopted Budgets. About four in five districts in our sample made use of the 45-day revision provision to provide updated budget information to their COEs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4301

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - If eliminated, they would generate annual sav ings of $45  million ($19  million from the General Fund and $25  million from special funds). We find that eliminating certain positions could have undesirable programmatic impacts because they serve important purposes, even if they happen to be vacant for a period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

LAO 2007 Budget Analysis: Supplemental Security Income/ State Supplementary Program

We recommend that proposed General Fund spending to provide the 2008 COLA be reduced by $45 million in 2007-08. (Reduce Item 5180-111-001 by $45 million.) Background. Pursuant to current law, the Governor’s budget provides the statutory COLA in January 2008.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2007/health_ss/hss_12_anl07.aspx