The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - This  is not a prediction of what will happen —state and federal laws and policies will change in the coming years —but rather serves as a baseline to help the Legislature understand its starting place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - Sonoma DC in Sonoma County is scheduled to close at the end of 2018, while Fairview DC in Orange County and the general treatment area (GTA) of Porterville DC in Tulare County are scheduled to close at the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Costs have been incurred during the transition —developing resources in the community for former DC residents (including safety net services), facilitating closure of DC facilities, providing bonus incentives to retain DC staff for remaining DC residents, and offsetting the loss of federal funding at the DCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - On October 1, 2015, DDS submitted to the Legislature for approval a plan for the closure of Sonoma DC and on April 1, 2016 submitted plans for the closure of Fairview DC and the general treatment area at Porterville DC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/7

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

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - This is not a prediction of what will happen —state and federal laws and policies will change in the coming years —but rather serves as a baseline to help the Legislature understand its starting place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

The 2017-18 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2016 - We assume DC closures will occur consistent with DDS ’ projected timelines, with Sonoma DC scheduled to close by the end of 2018 and Fairview DC and the general treatment area at Porterville DC scheduled to close by the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3507

Despite Fiscal Forecasting Uncertainties, Multiyear Budget Planning Essential

May 27, 2021 - While events of the past year show that attempting to predict the future is a fool ’s errand, the value of multiyear fiscal estimates is not in their predictive precision. Rather, policymakers need insight on the condition of the state ’s underlying fiscal operations —annual revenues relative to expenditures —outside of any near-term surplus or deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4443

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

Nov 15, 2024 - But since macroeconomic dynamics are multifaceted and context dependent, successfully predicting the scenario that will play out is virtually impossible. Consider as evidence that in just the last several years —during and after the COVID-19 pandemic —consensus macroeconomic forecasts have been wildly off from actual outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2015 - The 2015 –16 Budget Act reflects the state ’s intent to develop and initiate closure plans for the remaining DCs (with the exception of the secure treatment area of Porterville DC), with the last closure planned for 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3305