The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - These fee increases, which are estimated to generate about $50  million in new revenue through 2027-28, are designed to help DFPI address a significant structural deficit in the Financial Protection Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 10, 2016 - (Annual ongoing costs for the facilities that are not state eligible initially would total $58  million.) Issues for Legislative Consideration Recommend Early Legislative Hearings. Under the new capital outlay process established for UC under Chapter  50, the Legislature must send clear signals to the Governor by April 1 if it wishes to influence UC projects on state –eligible facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - (For more details, please see our health spending plan post.) $175  million loan in 2024-25 from the Cannabis Tax Fund to the General Fund that is expected to be repaid from the General Fund in 2025-26 ($75  million), 2026-27 ($50  million), and 2027-28 ($50  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $3  million General Fund and 13.4  positions in 2025 ‑26, growing to $4.4  million and 20.4 positions in 2026 ‑27 and ongoing, to staff the 50 ‑bed mental health crisis facility at CIM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package included statutory intent language stating the Legislature ’s goal to increase CalWORKs grants to ensure participating families ’ incomes are above 50  p ercent of the federal poverty level (FPL) by 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - However, the total cost of the two proposed renovations is actually about 50  percent higher on a square footage basis than the costs for the Library and Courts Building. After adjusting for inflation in construction costs, the Library and Courts Building cost about $550 per net usable square foot ($350 per gross square foot).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Major proposals include: (1) $ 120  m illion (growing to $ 150  m illion annually) for an increase of 677 p ositions and equipment replacements for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; (2) $ 80  m illion on a one ‑time basis for the California Natural Resources Agency to collect data and create maps of the state using light detection and ranging analysis (commonly known as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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