The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2018 - The Governor proposes augmenting General Fund spending for CSU and UC by $ 92   m illion each, which represents an increase of about 3   p ercent at each university system. This increase is somewhat lower than the 4   p ercent to 5   p ercent base increases the state has provided in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3731

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - Chapter  1, Statutes of 2015 (AB  91, Committee on Budget) —the emergency drought legislation passed in March  2015 —included $660  million (primarily from Proposition  1E) for flood protection projects in urban and rural areas, as well as for grants to local governments for local flood protection activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - Whereas California’s labor market has stagnated over the last two years, the S&P 500 stock index has appreciated roughly 50 percent over the same period. And most of this increase has come from skyrocketing share prices among a handful of firms associated with innovations in Artificial Intelligence (AI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The budget includes $8.6  million and 91  positions on an ongoing basis for workload from issuing AB  60 licenses. This level is significantly less than the resources initially provided on a temporary basis for AB  60 workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/10

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The stock market (S &P 500) has risen 50  percent in the last two years. Most of these gains come from the meteoric rise in the value of a handful of tech companies that investors believe will be major beneficiaries of recent advances in AI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 5, 2020 - Specifically, the budget assumes continued year ‑to ‑year growth to the three primary IHSS cost drivers: caseload (4. 1  p ercent), hours per case (1. 5  p ercent), and IHSS provider hourly wages and benefits (6. 5  p ercent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4263

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - The K ‑ 12 r ate is about $1, 000 p er student ( 9  p ercent) above the amount school districts were receiving in 2007 ‑ 08 p rior to the Great Recession. Similarly, the community college rate is about $1, 000 p er student ( 15  p ercent) above its inflation ‑adjusted 2007 ‑ 08 l evel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - Personal income for Californians actually increased by about 6  p ercent between the first and second quarters of 2020 e ven as unemployment increased more than 10  p ercentage points, in part reflecting federal relief measures that put cash in people ’s pockets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 17, 2019 - (Leave benefits are funded by a 1  p ercent payroll tax, paid by employees, and can be used to bond with a new child or care for a seriously ill family member.) In addition to lengthening the duration of leave, the spending plan reduces the required reserve level in the Disability Insurance Fund —which disburses paid family leave benefits —from 45  p ercent to 30  p ercent of annual disbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4083

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Most of the increase ($ 22  m illion) is attributable to the program receiving a 4. 3  p ercent COLA. The higher rate is in recognition that the program did not receive a COLA the past few years. Specifically, the 4. 3  p ercent equates to a 2. 7  p ercent COLA associated with 2018 ‑19 and a 1. 6  p ercent COLA associated with 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/3