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 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The budget provides $4.6  million in federal funds to help Caltrans determine bridge “load ratings ” —a rating that specifies how much traffic a bridge can safely carry. Specifically, the funding will continue 26   limited –term positions as permanent positions and support various software improvements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/9

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2018 - This equipment includes hardware, software, and initial licensing to replace existing systems and technology. Under the proposal, counties would provide a dollar ‑for ‑dollar match to receive the state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3731

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Methodology and Comparison to Other Studies. Our last post describes the method we used to produce these estimates and compares them to others. Related Resources We published an initial set of online posts estimating and exploring federal expenditures in California on January 18, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531

An Update on California’s Cash Management Situation

Aug 31, 2020 - As a result, “agency cash ” provides the best comparison point to track actual monthly revenue collections against budget act estimates. Controller ’s cash, by contrast, is the best method for understanding the state ’s monthly cash position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4266

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Proposal for a New Office of Digital Innovation

Mar 22, 2019 - By comparison, ODI would develop and implement statewide guidelines, policies, and procedures on the delivery of digital services statewide. It is the intent of the administration to avoid duplication of efforts between ODI and CDT.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3981

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Federal Spending in California Federal Spending in California Methodology and Comparison to Other Estimates This post describes the method we used to produce the estimates in this blog series. This post also compares our estimates of federal expenditures to two studies that estimate federal funding to the states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/7

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - These excluded expenditures include most IT project development and implementation costs (excluding, for example, independent verification and validation services and training costs) and software licensing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Comparison to LAO November Outlook. In  our Fiscal Outlook released in November 2022, we anticipated the state would face a $24 billion budget problem, somewhat higher than the $18 billion budget problem we estimate the Governor addressed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662