The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Governor ’s Proposal Shift GCP to DGS. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the GCP from VCGCB to DGS. As part of this shift, the budget transfers nine positions and $1.2  million in funding authority to DGS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

^[PDF] Options for Modifying the Local Control Funding Formula

Susan Bonilla, Chair Options for Modifying the Local Control Funding Formula L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E LAO 70 YEARS OF SERVICE May 20, 2013 Page 1 LAO 70 YEARS OF SERVICE Figure 4 Weighted Average Rate Total Per-Pupil (2019-20)b EL/LI Count EL/LI Governor $7,781 $10,445 Unduplicated 35% 50% 35.0% $62 billion Scenario 1 9,721 12,257 Duplicated 25 75 12.5
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2013/Options-for-Modifying-LCFF-052013.pdf

Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending, 2025-26 [EdBudget]

Feb 3, 2025 - Changes in California Community Colleges Proposition 98 Spending, 2025-26 [EdBudget] 2025-26 Proposed Spending $13,579 a Applies to the Adult Education Program, apprenticeship programs, CalWORKs student services, campus child care support, Disabled Students Programs and Services, Extended Opportunity Programs and Services, and mandates block grant. b The Governor's budget includes a total of
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/920

^[PDF] Overview of 2009-10 Aging, IHSS, and SSI/SSP Program Reductions

.  Total Reduction  The reduction in General Fund for the Department of Aging is primarily the result of the elimination of state support for com- munity-based services programs effective October 1, 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2010/Aging_IHSS_SSISSP_Reductions_04_22_10.pdf

2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 4, 2025 - 2025-26 Changes in Proposition 98 Spending [EdBudget] 2025-26 Proposition 98 Spending $118,923 a Applies to Child and Adult Care Food Program, K-12 Mandates Block Grant, and special education. b Reflects additional LCFF costs associated with serving more students in transitional kindergarten, including costs of existing 12:1 staffing ratios. c The Governor's budget also includes $229 million in
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/939

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Further, most SSI/SSP recipients (roughly 62  percent) live in the 16 counties with the highest FMRs, all of which are located within the coastal and San Francisco Bay regions. In all but one of these 16 counties, the maximum SSI/SSP grant for couples is less than the FMR for a one-bedroom unit (the maximum SSI/SSP grant for couples in Los Angeles is $14 above the FMR for a one-bedroom unit).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

Benefits

The plan provides for a basic retirement allowance of 2 percent of salary for each year of service at age 62. This means that an employee with 25 years of service at age 62 will receive a retirement allowance equal to 50 percent (25 years x 2 percent per year) of his/her highest 36 months of compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Careers/Benefits