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 - 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 - Specifically, the budget closes the gap to the target rates and funds the statutory 2. 71  p ercent cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) to those rates. In addition, the budget provides nearly an extra 1  p ercentage point increase in the LCFF rates —effectively funding a 3. 7  p ercent COLA in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/3

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget package creates new incentives for cities and counties to adopt pro ‑housing policies. Cities and counties that adopt these policies would receive additional points in the scoring of their applications for certain state grant programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4083

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Counties administer SNAP, but the federal government paid the $7.6 billion in SNAP benefits directly to California grocers (we include costs to administer the SNAP program in payments to the state government, which are ultimately allocated to counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Adult Protective Services Housing Program State law requires that each county have an adult protective services (APS) program to investigate reports of abuse and neglect of elders and dependent adults who live in private settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - Together, these scoring differences account for the roughly $27  billion difference in our office ’s accounting of the budget problem and the administration ’s scoring. While we would maintain that our approach more accurately reflects current law, these scoring differences do not reflect substantive differences in state ’s fiscal position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - As a result, these types of tax refunds are scored as spending rather than revenue reductions. The spending plan includes $9.5  billion General Fund for a one-time payment, the Better for Families tax refund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2013-14 Budget: California Spending Plan - The 2013-14 Budget: California Spending Plan [Video]

Included are highlights from the administration 's official scoring of the budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=84

State Funding Actions Related to COVID-19

Apr 20, 2020 - Specifically, under the President ’s disaster declarations in response to COVID-19, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can reimburse states for costs associated with measures taken before, during, and immediately after the incident to save lives and to protect public health and safety.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4223