The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Past efforts to achieve large unallocated reductions through efficiencies have resulted in some ongoing savings to the state budget but generally have fallen short of the large levels initially assumed. 2024-25 Budget Assumed Large Ongoing Reductions to Departmental State Operations … The 2024-25 budget assumed large levels of ongoing departmental budgetary
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Moreover, in some cases, the savings that departments have identified for 2024-25 cannot be repeated in the future. For example, multiple departments identified that the savings they identified in 2024-25 were one time in nature (contributing to the decline in savings from 2024-25 to 2025-26).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - This amount reflects an increase of $2.8  million (about 4  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level. The proposed budget would provide DRE with a total of about 387 positions in 2025-26 —an increase of 3 positions (less than 1  percent) from the revised 2024-25 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure  2 below provides a breakdown of available funding in 2024-25 by current IT project, non-IT project, and supporting function. Figure 2 Available Funding for EDDNext Costs in 2024 ‑25 (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Proposal Middle-Mile Network Eliminates $1.5  Billion General Fund ($250  Million in 2024 ‑25, $1.25  Billion in 2025 ‑26) Proposed in Governor ’s January Budget. The May Revision eliminates the additional $1.5  billion General Fund —$250  million in 2024 ‑25 and $1.25  billion in 2025 ‑26 —proposed in the Governor ’s 2024 ‑25 budget for the middle-mile network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - Governor ’s Proposal Reappropriation of 2024-25 Unspent Budget Authority . The Governor ’s 2025-26 budget requests that $22  million General Fund originally appropriated in 2024-25 be reappropriated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations The 2024‑25 Budget Proposed Reductions to State Operations This post provides our office ’s initial assessment of the Governor ’s May Revision proposals to (1)  administratively establish a new ongoing unallocated 7.95  percent reduction to state operation expenditures and (2)  make the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - The  proposed delay of $100  million General Fund of FFA grant program funding from 2024 ‑25 to 2026 ‑27 in the Governor ’s budget represents a relatively small solution to the serious budget problem in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867