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

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget includes $1. 9  b illion in total one ‑time Proposition  98 spending —the $1. 1  b illion from 2020 ‑21, plus an additional $ 819  m illion attributed to the prior and current fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Updating the California Necessities Index

Aug 14, 2025 - Therefore, any measure that requires statistics on the prices of a small set of goods in metropolitan areas —which includes options A, B, and C —may be at higher risk to future BLS publication changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5065

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - Proposition   98 Spending Generally Declines During a Recession. Proposition  98 (198 8) g overns most state funding for schools and community colleges. The measure establishes formulas for a minimum annual funding requirement, commonly referred to as the minimum guarantee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The largest Proposition  98 augmentation in the Governor ’s budget is $ 2  b illion for LCFF, which covers a 3. 46  p ercent cost ‑of ‑living adjustment. The Governor ’s budget also includes a few augmentations designed to improve support for districts not meeting the goals of their Local Control and Accountability Plans (LCAP) —another linchpin reform of the prior administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - Proposition   98 (1988) Changed How Excess Revenues Are Distributed. In 1988, voters passed Proposition  98. Proposition  98 is the state ’s constitutional minimum funding guarantee for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596

The 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - Subject to Legislative Appropriation $50.0 CDE Program or activities (such as physical security improvements and school ‑based mental health services) addressing risk factors for gun violence affecting K ‑12 students. 3 15.0 JC Court ‑based firearm relinquishment grant program to facilitate removal of firearms and ammunition from individuals who become prohibited from owning or possessing them
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - As shown in Figure 1, California’s motion picture production workforce is by far the largest in the United States, over 2.5 times the size of its largest competitor (New York), and has held fairly steady in size over the last two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000

(1) Will California Meet the TANF Maintenance-of-Effort Requirement? And (2) $2.5 Million Deal Funds Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit [Publication Details]

Sep 22, 1997 - And (2) $2.5 Million Deal Funds Toll Bridge Seismic Retrofit [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/66

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - Both of these figures are attributable to growth in revenue and the Proposition  98 formula that reserves a minimum percentage of that revenue (just under 40  percent) for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

Volatility of California’s Personal Income Tax Structure

Sep 28, 2017 - In contrast, filers below $150,000 a year claimed 75  percent of deductions for mortgage interest (the largest itemized deduction), 93  percent for medical expenses, and 98  percent of standard deductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3703