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

Jan 13, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget $3,135 $4,677 BCH = Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program; FHC = Family Homelessness Challenge Grants; BSCC  =  Board of State and Community Corrections; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825/1

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - In the figure, the two darker colors indicate counties with above-average per-capita federal expenditures and the lighter colors indicate counties with below-average amounts. Many Counties With High Per Person Federal Expenditures Tend to Have Older Populations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/6

Overview of the 2008-09 May Revision [Publication Details]

May 19, 2008 - Our plan includes a more responsible lottery securitization—resulting in a General Fund benefit of $5.6 billion over two years—with a dramatically reduced risk to education’s lottery funding. Finally, we offer some much simpler approaches to increasing the size of the state’s reserve in good fiscal times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1828

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Spending in the budget is color coded by program area. You can hover over each box and view a brief description about major state programs. Clicking a box will zoom into a view of a single program area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/12

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Despite this, income tax collections have been strong in recent months, growing at double‑digit rates. These strong income tax collections are being driven by enthusiasm around AI, which has pushed the stock market to record highs and boosted compensation among the state’s tech workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - As we described in our November Fiscal Outlook , the recent stronger-than-expected revenue trends are almost entirely explained by the personal income tax (PIT), which has seen double digit growth this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Regarding the lottery, Districts of Choice are to give priority to low ‑income students and children of military personnel. Compliance with lottery procedures are to be verified as part of districts ’ annual audits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/3

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds

May 4, 2021 - Throughout the pandemic, job losses have been concentrated among younger, less educated workers, who are disproportionately people of color. Rates of infection and death from COVID-19 also have been disproportionate among different groups in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4422

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

Oct 2, 2018 - As Figure  8 shows, $4. 1  b illion ( 56  p ercent) is state General Fund, $3. 2  b illion ( 43  p ercent) is student tuition and fee revenue, and $ 53  m illion (0. 7  p ercent) is other state funding (primarily lottery revenue).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/5

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - While the budget picture is fair for the upcoming year, our outlook suggests that the state faces double ‑digit operating deficits in the years to come. By historical standards, spending growth in this year ’s outlook is high.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939