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 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - This UC EdBudget table and this CSU EdBudget table (both online) show all base increases, decreases, and deferrals under the budget agreement. State Sets Enrollment Growth Expectations for UC and CSU.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Cal Facts consists of a series of charts and tables which address questions frequently asked of our office. We hope the reader will find it to be a handy and helpful document. —Mac Taylor, Legislative Analyst
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511

The 2024-25 Budget: Deficit Update

Feb 20, 2024 - As the Legislature considers how to address this increased budget problem, we have put together a set of tables identifying one-time and temporary spending that could be pulled back or reduced in ord er to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4850

Federal COVID-19-Related Funding to California

Apr 28, 2020 - The tables in this post reflect our best estimates and current understanding. Where possible, we rely on estimates from a relevant state department or directly from the federal government. However, in many cases, the estimates of amounts that will flow to California are still unknown or could continue to change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4226

A History of California’s Budget Reserves

Mar 24, 2017 - In particular, Proposition 2 takes revenues “off the table ” in good economic times (focusing on a highly volatile component of revenues: capital gains) and builds budget reserves that can be used during bad times to augment declining revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3630

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Jan 13, 2024 - (We will provide tables of all of the Governor ’s proposed solutions and discretionary actions in forthcoming Appendices.) How Does the Governor Propose Addressing the Budget Problem? Figure  2 summarizes the budget solutions that this section describes in detail.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951