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

Jan 13, 2022 - While the administration is not required by law to plan for future positive balances in the SFEU beyond the budget year, doing so is prudent. A positive SFEU balance generally reflects a budget that is balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - ETP grants do not directly encourage businesses to hire new workers or do so in a way that diversifies their workforce. As a result, ETP training grants may be consistent with one goal of the care economy package —upskilling the workforce —but likely would not contribute to the package ’s other goals, including increasing the number of workers and diversifying the workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - The Governor limits his Proposition  98 proposal to community colleges, but adult schools currently are notable CNA training providers funded with Proposition  98. As a result, the Governor ’s proposal misses an opportunity to broaden the reach of the funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The department has stated that its goal is to have as many providers as possible earn the quality payments, but it has not yet discussed how it might approach circumstances in which providers do not achieve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Proposition  98 Reserve Deposits Required in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Proposition  2 (2014) established the Proposition  98 Reserve and set forth rules requiring deposits and withdrawals under certain conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The constitution also requires the state to make deposits into a Proposition   98 r eserve when a series of conditions are met. Under the administration ’s estimates, the balance of the Proposition   98 r eserve would reach $ 487  m illion at the end of 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - These state subsidies would supplement federal subsidies already available to some households and would provide new subsidies to some relatively higher ‑income households that currently do not currently qualify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Although H.R. 1 does not require states to apply the community engagement requirement and six ‑month renewals to adults with UIS (whose Medi ‑Cal full scope coverage is entirely state ‑funded), the administration proposes to do so.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

May 17, 2021 - The constitution requires the state to spend minimum annual amounts on schools and community colleges (under Proposition  98) and budget reserves and debt payments (under Proposition  2). Mainly as a result of higher revenues, relative to January, constitutionally required spending is higher by nearly $16  billion across the budget window.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - These drugs do not come with rebates, because federally require d price reductions already occurred at the front end when the pharmacy purchased the drugs. Federal guidance also directs states to exclude claims that do not come with a federal share of cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026