The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal - The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal February 24, 2016 Watch it on YouTube .
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The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook - California's Fiscal Outlook [Video]

View  this video on   YouTube . Video Selection California 's Fiscal Outlook Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
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The 2026-27 Budget: How to Use One-Time Revenue Improvements [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: How to Use One-Time Revenue Improvements [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The 2026-27 Budget: How to Use One-Time Revenue Improvements

Feb 20, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: How to Use One-Time Revenue Improvements The 2026-27 Budget How to Use One-Time Revenue Improvements Recent stock market performance continues to boost income tax collections. In our Fiscal Outlook , we strongly advised the Legislature to treat near-term strength in tax collections as temporary because we expect these gains to reverse.
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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

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - In this publication we: provide an overview of the 2025 ‑26 budget package, give a brief description of how the budget process unfolded, and then highlight the major features of the budget approved by the Legislature and signed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

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

Oct 2, 2018 - In constructing the budget, the Legislature was faced with decisions over how to allocate $ 10  b illion in discretionary General Fund resources. ( “Discretionary ” in this context excludes billions of dollars controlled by constitutional funding requirements, such as Proposition  98 [1988] and Proposition  2 [2014], and added costs to maintain existing policies and programs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Though this mandate is added to the block grant, the budget does not include additional block grant funding for it. Applies Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA) to Certain Programs. In addition to these changes, the budget provides a 1.56  percent COLA for both the K ‑12 and community college mandates block grants and establishes a statutory COLA for them moving forward.
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California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2026 - In this installment of Fiscal Perspectives, the Legislative Analyst describes how the LAO’s revenue estimates represent a hedge against downside stock market risk and why—despite current cash trends—caution matters given the state’s large, ongoing structural deficit.
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The 2012-13 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook - Proposition 98 [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Proposition 98 November 16, 2011 Deputy Legislative Analyst Jennifer Kuhn discusses the LAO report The 2012-13 Budget: California 's Fiscal Outlook and how it relates to Proposition 98 funding.
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