The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Finally, as a result of the SAL, the Legislature has limited flexibility to reallocate these proposals to other purposes. In particular, for the majority of the Governor ’s infrastructure ‑related proposals, the Legislature could only reallocate those funds to another SAL ‑related purpose, such as more spending to respond to COVID ‑19, different types of capital outlay, tax reductions or tax payments, and additional school payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492/1

Volatility of the Personal Income Tax Base

Feb 8, 2017 - (The employer portion of the payroll taxes for Social Security and Medicare is listed under “benefits ” in BEA ’s data tables but is omitted from tables in this brief because it has no net effect on personal income.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3548

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Figure  6 shows the distribution of these proposals by type of SAL requirement. As the figure shows, about two ‑thirds of the proposals are for excluded spending, including nearly half of the overall proposals going to capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

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

EdBudget Tables (January 2017)

Jan 13, 2017 - EdBudget Tables (January 2017) EdBudget Tables At key times during the state's budget cycle, we post tables containing important information about the education parts of the budget. This initial January posting reflects the 2017-18 Governor's Budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3529

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Nov 10, 2025 - The funds may be used for a variety of activities, including, but not limited to, purchasing screening instruments, administering the screening to students, and training school employees to administer the screenings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5087

July EdBudget Tables (2015)

Jul 20, 2015 - July EdBudget Tables (2015) Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3304

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 61,048 Family Child Care Directly contracts with consortia of licensed family child care providers to serve working families eligible for subsidized care. Slots are limited to budget appropriation. 3,400 Migrant Child Care Provides subsidized child care services to migrant families working in agriculturally related industries. b  Services are provided throughout the Central Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

EdBudget Tables (July 2016)

Jul 14, 2016 - EdBudget Tables (July 2016) EdBudget Tables At key times during the state's budget cycle, we post tables containing important information about the education parts of the budget. This July posting reflects the enacted 2016-1 7 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3491