The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook Executive Summary Not Safe to Bet Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Fueled Exuberance Is Sustainable. Both the California and U.S. economies currently face significant headwinds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

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

Jan 12, 2026 - That said, recent budgets have set the SFEU bet ween $3.5  billion and $4.5  billion, so the Governor ’s budget proposal to set the balance to $4.5  billion is generally in line with recent policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Driver License and Identification Card Federal Compliance. The budget provides an increase of $23  million and 218  positions in 2017 ‑18 (and $46.6  million and 550  positions in 2018 ‑19) for the issuance of new driver licenses and identification cards that comply with federal standards for identity verification and security features.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/10

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Driver License and Identification (ID) Card Processing. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget includes $ 351  m illion for DMV to process driver licenses and ID cards. This is an increase of $ 21  m illion from the 2017 ‑ 18 l evel due to workload related to the issuance of new driver licenses and ID cards that comply with federal standards —commonly referred to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/10

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - These funds are only available after ARB approves the SLCP strategy required by Chapter  523 of 2014 (SB  605, Lara). ARB staff is expected to present a final SLCP strategy to the board in fall 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/8

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget includes $ 260  m illion from the Motor Vehicle Account for DMV to process driver licenses and ID cards that comply with federal standards —commonly referred to as “REAL IDs ” —and to implement various operational improvements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4083

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - This strategy avoids forcing the state to save more in years when the budget position is positive, but more marginal. In these years, saving more money might come at the expense of high‑priority legislative goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Chapter   32 r equires that COE technical assistance be focused on building district capacity to develop and implement improvement strategies. COE technical assistance may include helping a district to identify its weaknesses and select strategies to address those weakness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/3

Strong Tax Collections Belie California's Challenging Fiscal Outlook

Apr 26, 2022 - This means the proposal should address a well-defined problem with a policy strategy that has been evaluated and found to be cost-effective. Second, we suggest giving priority to proposals that mitigate future budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4590

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - This includes (1)  $7.8  million to provide janitorial services to new medical spaces at state prisons, (2)  $7.7  million for additional medical positions needed because of an increase in patient acuity levels, (3)  $7  million to implement various strategies intended to improve the department ’s ability to retain physicians, (4)  $6.7  million for additional nurses to distribute inmate medications, and (5)  $5.4  million to implement a new health care appeals process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/11