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

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Individuals aged 65 and above represent an average of 22 percent of the total population of each of these counties — compared to a statewide average of roughly 15 percent. Other Counties With High Per-Person Federal Expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/6

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - Appendix 4, Figure 5 Remaining Large One ‑Time and Temporary Augmentations From the 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 Budget Packages: Other General Fund (In millions) Broadband infrastructure —last ‑mile projects $253 Broadband infrastructure —Broadband Loan Loss Reserve Fund 175 Establish new office of public outreach 65 Note: Includes augmentations above $50 million CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission and OPR = Office of Planning and Research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788/4

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - (Historically, prior to the ACA, the CHIP FMAP that applied in California was 65  percent.) The administration projects that the state will exhaust its CHIP funding by the end of 2017. Federal Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - (Beginning October 1, 2015, the 2015 –16 budget package increased the RMR for licensed providers by 4.5  percent and increased license –exempt rates from 60  percent to 65  percent of the family child care home rates.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/4

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Under the ACA, California ’s CHIP FMAP increased from 65  percent to 88  percent. The ability of California to draw down federal CHIP funds at this higher FMAP, however, is dependent on Congress ’ decision regarding the appropriation of funding for CHIP beyond FFY 2016 ‑17, as Congress has only appropriated funding for CHIP through FFY 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/6

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - (Medicare provides health insurance coverage for eligible Americans aged 65 and older.) In state fiscal year 2014-15, the federal government also provided $7.2 billion in direct payments for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), which provides cash assistance to the aged, blind, and disabled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - The budget package also includes $94 million in one‑time General Fund for flood prevention activities, $65 million in one‑time GGRF for projects at the Salton Sea, and roughly $45 million in ongoing General Fund to make recent temporary expansions of CalFire hand crews permanent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

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

Oct 2, 2018 - The daily rate was last increased in 2006 (from $ 40 p er day to $ 65 p er day).   Fingerprinting Requirement Discontinued. As part of legislation associated with the 2017 ‑18 Budget Act , the administration discontinued the use of the Statewide Fingerprint Imaging System (SFIS) as a requirement for issuing CalWORKs benefits, effective July 1, 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7