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

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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/6

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

California's Fiscal Outlook: The 2010-11 Budget [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2009 - Addressing this large shortfall will require painful choices—on top of the difficult choices the Legislature made earlier this year. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2143

Addressing California's Key Liabilities [Publication Details]

May 7, 2014 - Due to its massive unfunded liability and relatively high growth rate, we recommend that the Legislature make a full funding plan for the California State Teachers' Retirement System a top priority in addressing the state's key liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3011

The 2021-22 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - A new statutory requirement to provide supplemental payments on top of the minimum level makes even more funding available for schools and community colleges but contributes to the state ’s operating deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4297

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Similar to the current year, some of these allocations —specifically backfilling the State Responsibility Area (SRA) fee suspension ($ 28  m illion) and the expanded manufacturing sales tax exemption ($ 89  m illion) —are “taken off the top ” before determining continuous appropriations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/9

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

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - The top five recipient counties are: Los Angeles (with $81 billion in federal expenditures), San Diego ($37 billion), Orange ($21 billion), Santa Clara ($19 billion), and Sacramento ($15 billion). Per Capita Federal Expenditures by County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/6