The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - The proposals reduce costs by around $900  million in 2026 ‑27, with savings in future years ramping up to a few billion dollars annually. Other Budget Solutions. The budget also includes a few other, smaller budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Accordingly, our outlook assumes that only about $80  million in Proposition  56 funding will fund provider payment increases on an ongoing annual basis. Beginning in 2019 ‑20, the assumed expiration of funding for the bulk provider payment increases will leave balances of between $800  million and $900  million to fund year-over-year ongoing growth in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - Key proposals include limiting provider overtime and travel hours in the IHSS program (about $700  million, growing to nearly $900  million), reducing Medi ‑Cal payments to clinics that serve patients with unsatisfactory immigration status ($450  million, growing to $1.1  billion), and eliminating certain long ‑term care facility benefits for this population (about $300  million, growing to $800  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - The Governor also proposes withdrawing the entire balance of the Safety Net Reserve—$900 million. Withdrawing the entire balance of the Safety Net Reserve may not be consistent with legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - This proposal provides $900  million in additional revenue in 2024-25 and over $5  billion in future years. In addition, the May Revision includes a proposal to increase the Managed Care Organization tax and use the nearly $700  million in increased revenues to offset General Fund costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - First, it includes a total of $900 million from the General Fund on a one ‑time basis over three years —$80 million in 2021 ‑22, $320 million in 2022 ‑23, and $500 million in 2023 ‑ 24 —for various departments to implement a package of proposals focused on wildfire prevention and improving landscape health.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - Although the Legislature solved sizeable deficits over the past few years, totaling over $80  billion, those solutions largely only impacted one-time and temporary programs supported by the one-time, post-pandemic revenue surge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

Evolution of the Balance of the Budget Stabilization Account

Nov 14, 2018 - As such, under the Legislature ’s current policy that all of the deposits in the BSA count toward the account ’s “balance, ” the state would be required to spend that $900  million on infrastructure in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3900

The 2023-24 Budget: State Appropriations Limit Estimates

Feb 1, 2023 - Our recent estimates suggest there is an 80 percent chance that revenues will be lower than Governor’s budget projections in 2022-23. Lower revenues in 2022-23 also likely would mean lower revenue projections for 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4667

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

Jan 13, 2020 - . $900   Million in Safety Net Reserve. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package created the Safety Net Reserve to save money specifically for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135