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

Mar 22, 2019 - It is our understanding that departments might be required by ODI to (1)  assess their business processes and service delivery models and submit the assessments to ODI and (2)  send their executives, managers, and supervisors to mandatory training through ODI ’s Innovation Academy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3981

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - In anticipation of the new ODI, the spending plan shifts the funding source for $4.8 million and six positions at the current ODI from cost recovery to the General Fund, and provides $20 million one-time General Fund for deposit into a Data and Innovation Services Revolving Fund to support engagements and projects led by the new ODI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

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 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 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Aug 30, 2021 - Second, the budget made the Golden State Stimulus payments an emergency expenditure, which is excluded from the SA L (described below). Third, the budget shifted some capital outlay spending from federal funds (specifically, American Rescue Plan fiscal relief funds) to General Fund, increasing room under the limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

The 2015-16 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 19, 2015 - In 2015 –16 , the Cal Grant B access award, which provides aid for books, supplies, and living expenses, is $1,656 without the CCC supplement. The size of the CCC supplement will depend on the number of eligible CCC students enrolled in 12 or more units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3302

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

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 - 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