The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Total reserves in the final budget package were lower by only $36  million compared to the Governor ’s proposal in May. Various choices were made to shift spending priorities compared to the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/2

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Under the language, DOF can increase spending by up to $ 36  m illion at any point in the fiscal year and can increase or decrease spending by up to $13. 3  m illion on or after January 1, 2019. Compensation Cost Adjustment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/10

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - This includes (1)  $7.8  million to provide janitorial services to new medical spaces at state prisons, (2)  $7.7  million for additional medical positions needed because of an increase in patient acuity levels, (3)  $7  million to implement various strategies intended to improve the department ’s ability to retain physicians, (4)  $6.7  million for additional nurses to distribute inmate medications, and (5)  $5.4  million to implement a new health care appeals process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/11

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - This includes (1)  $36  million for modifications to the Electronic Health Record System, which will serve as the primary health record for all inmates; (2)  $12  million to implement a uniform medical supervisory staffing model at all state prisons; and (3)  $7  million to augment janitorial services at the California Health Care Facility in Stockton.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/10

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

The 2026-27 Budget: How to Use One-Time Revenue Improvements

Feb 20, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget also maintains a $7  billion withdrawal from the BSA in 2025-26. If a May Revision windfall exceeds the amount needed to fund the true up, we recommend the Legislature use those resources to reduce the size of this withdrawal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5133

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Some of the most significant projects are to: ( 1)  c onstruct a kitchen at the California Correctional Center in Susanville ($19. 7  m illion), ( 2)  d evelop working drawings to construct mental health crisis bed facilities at two state prisons ($7. 1  m illion), and ( 3)  d evelop preliminary plans to construct additional medication distribution rooms at various state prisons ($3. 3  m illion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/11

Rethinking California’s Reserve Policy (Panel 2) [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5041

Reserves, Proposition 2, and the Budget Stabilization Account (Panel 1) [Publication Details]

May 7, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5040

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

Oct 2, 2018 - In light of persistent challenges, SPR   7 e stablishes a new approach for deploying the accounting functions related to SCO. Rather than transitioning fully to FI$Cal, as prior SPRs planned, SPR 7 i ntroduced the Integrated Solution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/12