The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - This would cause CDCR to be overbudgeted in the millions of dollars in 2024‑25 and tens of millions of dollars in 2025‑26. However, any estimate at this early point in the implementation of Proposition 36 is subject to significant uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - We estimate this recommendation would reduce ongoing non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund costs in CDCR ’s budget by the low tens of millions of dollars. (Due to federal rules, prisons would need to coordinate with their CCC partners so the colleges charge Pell  Grant ‑eligible students the fee for the laptop rentals and other expenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - DOF must notify the JLBC of any projects added with estimated costs of greater than $1  million, as well as provide a quarterly report of all additions and removals of projects. Unlike in prior years, the administration ’s proposal includes a provision that would allow departments to use up 10  percent of their allocations —up to $5  million —to conduct assessment of department infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - However, we note that it is particularly important to do these cost ‑benefit analyses for larger projects because adding ZNE to large construction projects could add tens of  millions of dollars in costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The offset from the fund balance includes $5  million that became unrestricted as the budget package reduced the statutorily required trial court emergency reserve from $10  million to $5  million. The budget also reverts up to $50.7  million one-time General Fund provided in prior budgets —$30.1  million from 2022-23 and $20.6  million from 2023- 24 —for various purposes to help address the state ’s budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - We estimate that the 2025-26 transfer could be underestimated by around a few million dollars. The projected 2026-27 and subsequent transfers could be underestimated by significantly more —potentially in the tens of millions annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - If our method for estimating state savings was used, this would increase the amount allocated to counties through the performance payment by a few million dollars. However, the Legislature could choose a higher or lower amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Jan 13, 2020 - For example, the proposed changes to the existing Department of Business Oversight —which the administration renames the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation —appears to include new functions to be added to the department ’s existing mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135