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

Oct 2, 2018 - The fund is primarily supported from the sale and renewal of personalized motor vehicle license plates, as well as a portion of fees on the sale and renewal of certain specialty license plates. The Department of Motor Vehicles recently began offering “legacy license plates, ” which has increased revenues in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/9

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - As such, our independent fiscal assessment underlies the Legislature ’s ability to assert an informed check on the executive branch, making any added complexity from diverging estimates a worthwhile trade-off.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - A special fund is like a special checking accounts that some households use to dedicate income to pay certain expenses, for example a mortgage payment or utility bill. This year 's budget allocated $44.6  billion in special fund spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/12

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - You can think of it like a checking account that a household uses to pay its bills. This year's budget package allocated $125 billion in General Fund spending. Special funds , on the other hand, are state accounts dedicated for specific purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/13

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The remaining $4  million in funding is provided from Environmental License Plate Fund. Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CalFire) The budget includes $1.6  billion from various fund sources to support CalFire, a net increase of about $122  million, or 8  percent, from the estimated 2016 ‑17 level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/9

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - In addition, the budget makes a number of changes to realignment revenue streams, including the temporary redirection of health and mental health realignment revenues to pay for counties ’ IHSS costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/1

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Funding will enable DPH to double the number of annual retailer compliance checks (to 5,600) that it conducts to prevent tobacco sales to minors and establish a grant program and training program for local law enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/6

State Funding Actions Related to COVID-19

Apr 20, 2020 - ­ ­ — Temporary relocation of residents in adult or senior care facilities. 41.0 Additional support and services to foster caregivers through Family Resource Centers and helplines. 8.5 Conduct wellness checks call and/or visits for IHSS recipients. 5.0 a Provided within Proposition 98 (1988). b Total anticipated costs are $990 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4223

The 2018-19 Budget: Repaying the CalPERS Borrowing Plan

Apr 4, 2018 - The 2017 ‑ 18 b udget package authorized a plan to borrow $ 6 b illion from the Pooled Money Investment Account (PMIA) —an account that is essentially the state ’s checking account —to make a one ‑time supplemental payment to CalPERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3797

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

May 17, 2025 - The reason for this difference is mainly that the May Revision includes a number of proposals that generate budget savings that our office considers budget solutions, but the administration would count as workload budget changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044