The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Projections of public high school graduates fluctuate between small increases and decreases over the next several years, with a less than 1  percent increase in graduates between 2015 –16 and 2019 –20 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The components are: (1)  a  base allocation linked to enrollment (about 70  percent of formula funding),  (2)  a supplemental allocation linked to low ‑income student counts (about 20  percent of formula funding), and (3)  a student success allocation linked to specified student outcomes (about 10  percent of formula funding).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package includes up to $20  million for DOF to enter into one or more new contracts to implement operational improvements that allow the state to reduce state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Recommend Linking Base Increases With Clear, Explicit Expectations. By failing to link base funding increases to clear, specific state spending priorities, the administration effectively relinquishes important budget responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - This  increase in costs is partially offset by various factors, including lower ‑than ‑expected costs of providing naloxone (a  medication that can prevent overdose deaths) to people when they are released from prison and free phone calls to people in  prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Funding UC Faculty Research Facilities [Publication Details]

Jun 23, 2004 - This will free up hundreds of millions of dollars of scarce state resources for other high priority projects in higher education or other program areas. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1190

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - The sale-leaseback is designed to free up the state’s equity in the buildings to provide one-time revenue for addressing the state’s current budgetary shortfall. We estimate that the sale of buildings would result in one-time revenue to the state of between $600 million and $1.4 billion, but that annual leasing costs would eventually exceed ownership costs by approximately $200 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - In our view, this would be one reasonable way to free up some General Fund cash to maintain funding for existing programs that might otherwise need to be cut to address the budget problem. Even though interest rates are relatively high right now , if interest rates come down in the future, the state typically has the option of effectively refinancing at a lower interest rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay The 2019‑20 Budget: California Spending Plan Capital Outlay Overall, the Legislature approved $3.5  billion for about 200 capital outlay projects in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105