The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - In  the budget window, for example, the administration proposes: (1)  reverting $71  million in unused EDDNext project funding early, and (2)  modifying In ‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) eligibility to align with Medi ‑Cal, which provides $86  million in savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

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

May 17, 2024 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2022-23 through 2024-25), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2025-26 through 2027-28).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Meanwhile, revenue growth over the outlook window is just above 4   percent —lower than its historical average largely due to policy choices that end during the forecast window. Taken together, we view it as unlikely that revenue growth will be fast enough to catch up to ongoing spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

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

May 17, 2025 - We define a delay as a proposal that reduces expenditures within the budget window (2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26) but shifts those costs to a future year in the multiyear period (2026 ‑27 through 2028 ‑29).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The budget ’s bottom line is the accumulated change in General Fund revenues and spending across the three fiscal years in the budget window —2024 ‑25, 2025 ‑26, and 2026 ‑ 27 —and reflected in the ending balance in the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties in  2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - Under our estimates, the state faces operating deficits throughout the multiyear window, meaning revenues would need to come in above our projections for the budget to be balanced. While the revenues required to balance the budget are optimistic, but plausible, in the budget window, they are improbable in the out ‑years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2025 ‑26 through 2027 ‑28).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - Purchases that improve an asset can include, for example, heat and cooling systems, lighting, windows and window treatments, and elevators and lifts. Similarly, maintenance of assets, like the labor costs for making repairs, also can be excluded as long as the underlying asset meets the criteria above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - (The nearby box also describes the Governor ’s changes to the SAL calculation in the May Revision, which result in slightly lower SAL requirements across the  budget  window.) Governor’s Proposed Administrative and Statutory Changes to the SAL Calculation The Governor proposes two changes to the state appropriations limit (SAL) calculation, which both lower requirements across the budget window.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598