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.
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Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Traffic collisions remain a leading cause of preventable death in California with 3,074 people killed in crashes in 2014. California had the 16th lowest fatality rate in the nation —0 .92 fatal injuries for every 100  million miles driven.
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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 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Additional Reporting Requirements for Veterans Homes Master Plan. The 2017 ‑ 18 b udget included language that requires CalVet to develop a systemwide master plan for the veterans homes by July 1, 2019.
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The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - These funds are only available after ARB approves the SLCP strategy required by Chapter  523 of 2014 (SB  605, Lara). ARB staff is expected to present a final SLCP strategy to the board in fall 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/8

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

Jan 13, 2020 - We recommend that the Legislature ask the administration to lay out how Medi ‑Cal Healthier California for All affects other programs and planning initiatives, such as the Governor ’s Master Plan for Aging and efforts related to homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - This strategy avoids forcing the state to save more in years when the budget position is positive, but more marginal. In these years, saving more money might come at the expense of high‑priority legislative goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Chapter   32 r equires that COE technical assistance be focused on building district capacity to develop and implement improvement strategies. COE technical assistance may include helping a district to identify its weaknesses and select strategies to address those weakness.
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Strong Tax Collections Belie California's Challenging Fiscal Outlook

Apr 26, 2022 - This means the proposal should address a well-defined problem with a policy strategy that has been evaluated and found to be cost-effective. Second, we suggest giving priority to proposals that mitigate future budget problems.
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The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - This includes (1)  $7.8  million to provide janitorial services to new medical spaces at state prisons, (2)  $7.7  million for additional medical positions needed because of an increase in patient acuity levels, (3)  $7  million to implement various strategies intended to improve the department ’s ability to retain physicians, (4)  $6.7  million for additional nurses to distribute inmate medications, and (5)  $5.4  million to implement a new health care appeals process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/11