The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - First, the budget problem is now larger than anticipated, despite improvements in revenue, and the structural deficits are significant and growing. Second, while our revenue estimates hedge against a market downturn, they do not reflect the revenue declines the state would experience in a recession.
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 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - The first section of the post presents our estimates of the budget condition under these assumptions. The second section provides our analysis and comments. Budget Condition This Year ’s Budget Problem Very Similar to Administration ’s Under LAO Estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Addresses Testing and Quality Assurance. Includes various provisions related to the testing and quality assurance process, including creating a quality assurance compliance monitor employed by DCA to conduct random quality control inspections and verify compliance with state standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/12

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - For instance, California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal, a recent initiative to test new ways of delivering services, could be a focus of Medi -Cal oversight. Focusing on key elements of larger programs can provide the Legislature more detailed and practicable insight into program dynamics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - That is, we aim to construct a reserve policy that has the best chance of withstanding the test of time and minimizes the need for the Legislature to ask voters to make further changes to the Constitution in a few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Taking Stock of California’s Recession Readiness

Feb 12, 2020 - First, the adequacy of the state ’s fiscal resilience is revealed only to the extent it is tested. To no one ’s surprise, a severe recession generally will inflict greater fiscal stress on the state than a milder downturn.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4156

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - For 2019 ‑20, Test   1 i s the operative test under our outlook. If revenue were to be lower than our estimate by any amount, Test  1 would remain operative and the guarantee would drop about 40 c ents for each dollar of lower revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Monthly meetings will include updates on any pilot GenAI projects undertaken by departments, such as the first five pilot projects currently in testing . The legislation also requires pilot projects to adhere to specific data privacy requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Monthly meetings will include updates on any pilot GenAI projects undertaken by departments, such as the first five pilot projects currently in testing . The legislation also requires pilot projects to adhere to specific data privacy requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services