The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The remaining $12  million will be used to construct spaces for outdoor recreation and programming at SQ. Judicial Branch The budget provides $5.2  billion for the judicial branch in 2024- 25 —a net decrease of $85  million (2  percent) from the revised 2023-24 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As shown in Figure  3 , with the added capacity provided under this proposal, the department will continue to have more than enough existing capacity to meet all of its current and projected needs for licensed MHCBs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Specifically, in 2022 ‑23, 1,808 CCC students at CDCR (12  percent) had earned more than 60  units. Of these students, 418 (2.7  percent) had already earned 100 or more CCC units. Just over 100 of these students had already accumulated 150 or more units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds January 3, 2017 Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds Unprecedented Amount of Bond Funds Approved in 2006. In November 2006, voters approved over $42  billion in bonds for the following major infrastructure-related purposes: transportation ( Proposition 1B ), housing ( Proposition 1C ),
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - This post: (1) provides background on common approaches to financing capital outlay projects, (2) identifies key trade-offs associated with the Governor’s approach to financing certain capital outlay projects in the 2023-24 budget, and (3) provides recommendations to the Legislature when considering capital outlay financing approaches.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - The budget provides $7.6  million General Fund and 12 positions to expand OES ’ staffing of the Cal-CSIC. (An additional $3.5  million General Fund is provided to support other departments ’ participation in the Cal-CSIC.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

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

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The agreements with seven bargaining units (Units 2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 19) are scheduled to expire at the end of 2019-20. Pursuant to the state ’s labor agreements, the 2019-20 budget assumes that most state employees receive a pay increase in 2019-20 of about 3.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101