The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Amid these conditions, California businesses have pared back hiring, resulting in no payroll job growth in the state so far this year. California consumers similarly are limiting spending, with sales of taxable goods flat over the last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Makes Cuts to the California Jobs First Program. The budget permanently reduces funding for the California Jobs First Program by $150  million and delays an additional $150  million. The program retains $50  million per year in funding for this program in 2024-25 through 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Makes Cuts to the California Jobs First Program. The budget permanently reduces funding for the California Jobs First Program by $150  million and delays an additional $150  million. The program retains $50  million per year in funding for this program in 2024-25 through 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - While the budget picture is fair for the upcoming year, our outlook suggests that the state faces double ‑digit operating deficits in the years to come. By historical standards, spending growth in this year ’s outlook is high.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - The new General Fund augmentations are to support two programs: Youth Jobs Corps. The budget provides $78  million General Fund annually for the Youth Jobs Corps beginning in 2023-24. The program was first established in 2021-22 as a 2.5-year program supported by limited-term federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Proposal for a New Office of Digital Innovation

Mar 22, 2019 - By proposing to create new business process reengineering and digital services teams within GovOps, the administration appears to support, at least to some degree, the centralized placement of some state IT staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3981

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

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - As we described in our November Fiscal Outlook , the recent stronger-than-expected revenue trends are almost entirely explained by the personal income tax (PIT), which has seen double digit growth this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - . $25  Million for Summer Youth Jobs Program. The budget provides $25  million General Fund in 2022-23 for the Youth Jobs Corps program. The Youth Jobs Corps program provides part-time minimum wage jobs to youth, along with additional training and services, in partnership with local governments and community-based organizations. $10  Million for Neighbor-to-Neighbor Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The spending plan also includes a one-time appropriation of $1.1  million General Fund to create a Digital Identification pilot program to demonstrate the technical viability of a single digital identification platform across two state entities and at least some of their services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452