The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The budget act also authorizes up to $32.4  million General Fund for the operation of ICFs at Sonoma DC upon 30 –day notice to the Legislature prior to expenditure. Porterville DC Capital Outlay and Deferred Maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/7

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - Porterville DC also includes a secured treatment program (STP), which will remain open. (Porterville STP serves up to a statutory cap of 211 people who are considered a risk to themselves or others or have been deemed incompetent to stand trial.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The spending plan provides $13.6  million one ‑time General Fund ($25.7  million total funds) to support the transition of consumers at Sonoma, Fairview, and Porterville DCs to community living situations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

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 - Any level above that is up to the discretion of the Legislature. As a result, we consider the entire balance of the SFEU to be a discretionary choice. 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 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Future Cost ‑Of ‑Living Adjustments May Be Provided. The budget includes language that would adjust the CalWORKs grant based on annual changes to the cost of living, as measured by the California Necessities Index, beginning July  1, 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7

The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2015 - However, the state entered into a settlement agreement with the federal government, effective June 30, 2015, to continue federal funding for up to two years related to the remaining seven ICF units at Sonoma DC contingent on DDS meeting several conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3305

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

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - These challenges would not be short-lived either. After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

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

Oct 2, 2018 - This payment reduces the state ’s outstanding settle ‑up obligation from $ 440  m illion to $ 340  m illion. The budget scores all of the settle ‑up payment as a Proposition  2 debt payment. Budget Package Enacts New Proposition   98 Certification Process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/3