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

Oct 2, 2018 - Provides $300  million for one ‑time grants to improve the academic performance of certain low ‑performing students. Creates an online community college ($20  million ongoing, $100  million one time).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/1

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

Oct 2, 2018 - The budget dedicates $ 90  m illion in 2018 ‑ 19 t o increase these grants beginning in April 2019, but the full ‑year cost of these increases is $ 360  m illion. The budget also dedicates about $ 348  m illion to the universities on an ongoing basis and $ 139  m illion to increase salaries for correctional officers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870

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 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 5, 2020 - The 2020 ‑ 21 b udget provides an additional $ 300  m illion General Fund for a one ‑time continuation of HHAP. Specifically, the budget makes $ 130  m illion available for cities with populations of 300, 000 o r more, $ 90  m illion available for CoCs, and $ 80  m illion available for counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4263

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - However, we anticipate the associated General Fund costs to implement an EVV system would be significantly less than total costs since the federal government has agreed to pay for 90  percent of the cost of designing and developing an EVV system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - For example, the May Revision forgoes nearly $1  billion in provider rate increases in the Managed Care Organization package (growing to over $2  billion in 2025-26), reduces $325  million in funding for the multifamily housing program, and reduces the Regional Early Action Planning program by $300  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Increases Revenue by Around $300   Million. The Governor ’s budget proposes to change the rules about how taxable profits are determined for financial institutions. The administration estimates this change would increase revenues on an ongoing basis by around $300  million per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - Smaller proposals, such as shifting nearly $300  million in General Fund spending to the Proposition  4 (2024) climate bond, account for the remaining difference. Absent Proactive Choices Last Year, Budget Problem Would Be Significantly Larger.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9. 7  p ercent in mid ‑ to late ‑1992, but peaked at 6. 9  p ercent after the dot ‑com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The executive reorganization process not only is relatively expedient (it can be completed in 90 days) but also includes a framework designed to increase the likelihood that a reorganization would be effective and smoothly implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135