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

May 17, 2021 - More importantly, the Legislature ’s time to deliberate over choices made in this budget is extremely limited. We recommend the Legislature delay some of those decisions and offer options for doing so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Before accounting for discretionary choices, the budget position under the administration ’s estimates is similar to what it was under our November estimates. That is, both of our offices have assessed that the budget is roughly balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - Ultimately, the source of funding to use for the debt service is an important policy choice for the Legislature. Specify Fund Source for Repayments. Whatever the Legislature chooses as a fund source for debt service payments, making this intent clear now is important given the implications of both available options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

The 2020-21 Budget: Effect of Lower Cap-and-Trade Revenues on the High-Speed Rail Project

Jun 4, 2020 - Given these challenges, the state will have to make very difficult budget choices for the upcoming fiscal year and likely beyond. This will mean that the General Fund is unlikely to have additional funds to support the project, and any General Fund support in the near term —whether as a backfill or loan —likely would come at the expense of other state funding priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4252

Road Charge Pilot Program Update

Sep 15, 2016 - Figure 1 Technical Advisory Committee Recommendations Regarding Implementation of Pilot Program Offer drivers a choice in mileage recording methods. Include at least 5,000 vehicles that reflect the fleet currently using California ’s roads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3499

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

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

Jan 13, 2020 - While the Legislature typically provides funds for these purposes, we do not assume the Legislature will make the same choices as the administration. Second, although the Legislature does have the authority to set the level of the SFEU at any amount above zero, setting this amount too low is inadvisable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Should the Legislature proceed with the concept of a state individual mandate and state insurance subsidies, it will face various choices related to the structure of both the state subsidies and the individual mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916