The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - When enacted, the budget assumed annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26 that was expected to grow to roughly $2  billion General Fund by 2028-29 across three departments —California Departments of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Health Care Services (DHCS), and Social Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Figure 4 Summary of Governor ’s Disaster ‑Related Proposals for 2019 ‑20 ( In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure 4 Department Has More Acute Psychiatric Program (APP) and Intermediate Care Facilities (ICF) Beds Than Needed Proposed Capacity
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Across a variety of program areas, one ‑time spending includes nearly $ 500  m illion for infrastructure ‑related construction and maintenance. $1.6   Billion to Maintain the State ’s Discretionary Reserve Balance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decrease by about 3,400 (4  percent) from 94,200 in 2023-24 to 90,900 in 2024-25. The parole population is projected to remain roughly the same at around 35,600.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - We estimate that the DSR will fall below 4  percent over the next several years. This is because we project that General Fund revenues will increase somewhat faster than debt service costs. We assume that the state gradually sells bonds that have been approved by voters or the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

The 2015-16 Budget: Effectively Implementing the 2014 Water Bond [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2015 - On November 4, 2014, voters approved the water bond measure—Proposition 1. In this report, we (1) describe Proposition 1, (2) review the Governor’s proposals to implement the bond, (3) identify key implementation principles, and (4) recommend steps for the Legislature to ensure that the bond is implemented effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3171

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This is an increase of $27.7  million, or about 4  percent, compared to the estimated spending level for 2019 ‑20. In addition to the augmentations described below, this net increase includes augmentations related to the state ’s cannabis programs described in the “Cannabis Regulation ” section of this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - This is well above the estimated cost of building a new high –rise in downtown Sacramento —about $400 to $500 per square foot —and far exceeds the recent sales prices of existing office buildings in the downtown area —generally under $300 per square foot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - As shown in Figure  4, the administration ’s identified deferred maintenance backlog has changed substantially since 2015 –16 . For example, the identified needs for the California Military Department and the Department of State Hospitals more than doubled between 2015 –16 and 2016 –17 even though these departments received funding for deferred maintenance in 2015 –16 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353