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 2025-26 Budget: Update on Implementation of New Firearm and Ammunition Tax

Feb 19, 2025 - These funds would be allocated to school districts based on their share of statewide enrollment in grades 7 to 12. The budget package also required school districts to certify by July 2029 that a certain portion of their staff who work directly with students in grades 7 to 12 have received youth behavioral health training at least once.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4970

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - The Cigarette and Tobacco Products Compliance Fund had a $2  million surplus in 2023-24 and entered 2024-25 with a $12  million balance. In principle, these resources, together with the proposed augmentation, should cover the cost of implementing these laws without any need to redirect resources away from other aspects of the licensing program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2011-12 Budget: The Administration's Revenue Accrual Approach [Publication Details]

Jan 31, 2011 - In the administration's budget figures, this approach increases revenues available for the 2011-12 budget process by over $700 million and decreases the 2011-12 minimum funding guarantee for schools and community colleges by $1.5 billion below what it would have been otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2420

California’s Fiscal Outlook: The 2011-12 Budget [Publication Details]

Nov 10, 2010 - California’s Fiscal Outlook: The 2011-12 Budget [Publication Details] Video Description: Our forecast of California’s General Fund revenues and expenditures shows that the state must address a budget problem of $25.4 billion between now and the time the Legislature enacts a 2011‑12 state budget plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2365

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - Under our outlook, Proposition  98 General Fund spending on schools and community colleges is $89  billion in 2026 ‑ 27 —nearly $12  billion above our projected 2023 ‑24 level and $5  billion higher than the administration ’s projection for 2026 ‑27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

Evaluation of a Tax Exemption for Zero-Emission Buses

Apr 15, 2024 - The standard useful life of a bus is 12 years, so CARB set these requirements with an eye toward completing the statewide transition to ZEBs by 2040. CARB Exempts Transit Agencies From ICT Requirements Under Some Conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4890

Understanding California’s Sales Tax [Publication Details]

May 6, 2015 - It then provides more detail about which transactions are subject to this tax, the variation in tax rates across the state, the distribution of revenue among state and local governments, and revenue growth over the last few decades. (5/12/15: Correction made to expiry date of manufacturing equipment exemption.) (5/12/15: Correction made to difference in sales tax for gasoline.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3244

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

May 12, 2019 - The administration estimates that the forgone revenue from this exemption will be $12  million General Fund ($26  million total) in 2019 ‑20, $24  million General Fund ($52  million total) in 2020 ‑21, and $12  million General Fund ($26  million total) in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040

Statewide Minimum Wage Increasing in January

Dec 6, 2016 - Many Bay Area Cities ’ Minimum Wages Will Be Higher Than State ’s (Hover over cities for minimum wage information) Mountain View Oakland Richmond San Francisco Palo Alto Sunnyvale Santa Clara Berkeley San Mateo El Cerrito Emeryville Cupertino Los Altos (Updated 12/21/2016 to include Los Altos.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3512