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

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

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

California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Mar 10, 2026 - California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]     a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Proposition 51 (2016) bond funds. c The performance criteria phase is the initial phase of this design-build project. d Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. e Center operated
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1025

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - In addition to restructuring foster care maintenance payments, the 2024-25 statutory changes also added two new foster care programs and corresponding rate components: (1)  Strengths Building and Child and Family Determination Program, and (2)  Immediate Needs Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147

^[PDF] Voters FIRST Act for Congress 2021

In addition to adding similar criteria for con- gressional redistricting as those established in Proposition 11, the measure defines communities of interest for both congressional redistricting and redistricting of State Assembly, State Senate, and BOE seats.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2010/100102.pdf

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, any unawarded credits from the previous fiscal year can be added to the pool of available credits for the current fiscal year. Credit Pool Has Ballooned to over $923  million for the Current Year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - As part of a special legislative session held in January 2025, the Legislature added Control Section 5.26 to the 2024-25 Budget Act, providing an additional one-time allocation of $10  million to support immigration related services, including removal defense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/8

The 2026-27 Budget: State Mandate—Disclosure Requirements and Deferral of Property Taxation

Feb 19, 2026 - The Commission determined that Los Angeles County incurred reimbursable costs processing deferment requests and adding the required disclosure to property tax bills. The Commission determined that the county incurred a total amount of about $30,000 in back-year costs (incurred between 2022 and 2024), and about $8,000 in ongoing costs thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5130