The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Unallocated cuts can be difficult to achieve in full. This especially is true when the reductions are determined through a collaborative process that allows for departments to be exempt from any reductions or receive a lower level of reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Notably, however, the federal administration already has tried to cut some spending that meets these criteria. In this environment, this proposal ’s heavy dependence on federal funding makes its prospects uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - If not, the two main alternatives are (1)  a statutory increase in licensing fees, or (2)  cuts to other aspects of the licensing program. Proposal Heightens Concerns About Hiring and Retaining Inspectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - The suggestion that these departments cannot maintain service levels while reducing their expenditures by the levels identified as efficiency savings in the report to the Legislature raises concerns that the identified savings are not true efficiencies but rather constitute cuts that could negatively affect current se rvice levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 28, 2017 - CDFA works in partnership with many government and private organizations to implement the state ’s pest prevention system because invasive species concerns cut across many different jurisdictions. The U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3591

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Cannabis‑Related Proposals

Feb 14, 2020 - That said, we recommend the that Legislature consider tax rate changes ranging from a significant tax cut to changes that would be revenue neutral. For example, if the Legislature were to eliminate the cultivation tax but retain the retail excise tax, we would recommend setting the retail excise tax between 15  p ercent and 20  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4162

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Such a change could possibly cut in half the property tax losses resulting from the existing exclusion. Apply Means Testing. Another option is to require means testing to determine eligibility for the exclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - The less notice campuses receive, the less likely they will be to accommodate programmatic cuts in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21, and the more likely they are to reduce, if not deplete, their reserves. Low reserve levels, in turn, could result in campuses having cash flow problems in 2020 ‑21 and entering 2021 ‑22 in a particularly vulnerable fiscal position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Based on the reserve balance and one ‑time cushion, we think the state likely could weather a relatively mild recession without resorting to significant cuts or payment deferrals for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Jan 13, 2020 - This approach provides the state with a cushion to more easily accommodate a drop in the minimum guarantee without making cuts to ongoing programs. Though the Governor Is Focusing on Issues of Legislative Concern, One ‑Time Funding Might Not Have Much Impact.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135