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 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - This report discusses the landscape of elections administration in California today and the changes to that landscape in counties choosing to adopt the new elections model permitted. We then layout a framework for considering the roles and responsibilities in elections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - (This $1  million is equal to about $18  million today.) Voters approved the bond —Proposition  2 on the November 1928 ballot —with 73  percent voting yes. Amid the Depression, organizers used existing facilities, including the Memorial Coliseum, for 12 of 14  events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Although caseloads in many cash assistance programs tend to grow as overall economic conditions decline (for example, CalWORKs served approximately 70  percent more households during the Great Recession than it does today), none is designed to have a universal reach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - For the 2000 Census, the state provided $28. 8  m illion to support the Complete Count Committee (in today ’s dollars). For the 2010 Census, the state provided $2. 3  m illion in today ’s dollars. (The Complete Count Committee also raised roughly $ 10  m illion in private funding to augment its efforts for the 2010 Census.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool. Choose your language:
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152