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

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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/3

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Conduct Budget Review and Develop Tracking System —$ 2  m illion one time for DFW to contract with an independent entity to conduct a service ‑based budget review and develop a new budget tracking system by January 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/9

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The BreEZe project was proposed to be an integrated, web ‑enabled enforcement and licensing information technology (IT) system that would replace various systems that have been in place at all of the entities within DCA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/12

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 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - As such, the administration is developing a strategy and process to transition OPR staff from exempt positions to civil service status. This includes the addition of 13 new positions in 20 23-24 for various activities —primarily to implement new statutory tasks —that have civil service classifications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - Unlike the CalPERS pension system with full rate setting authority or the CalSTRS system with limited rate setting authority, there is no automatic mechanism to increase contribution rates to retiree health benefits when new unfunded liabilities are created.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4196

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

Oct 2, 2018 - This includes the following augmentations: (1)  $105. 8  m illion on a limited ‑term basis to increase the number of inmates with Hepatitis C that receive treatment, (2)  $20. 1  m illion to implement various strategies intended to improve how the department manages mental health beds, (3)  $18. 1  m illion on a limited ‑term basis to increase payments to contract psychiatrists
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/11