The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - The June 2021 budget plan sets forth a schedule to expand this program to all four ‑year olds over a four ‑year period, beginning in 2022 ‑23. The Legislature and Governor also agreed to adjust the guarantee to cover the associated costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The state solved a $27  billion deficit in 2023 ‑24, a $55  billion deficit in 2024 ‑25, and a $15  billion deficit in 2025 ‑26 (in addition to roughly $28  billion in proactive budget ‑balancing actions taken the year before).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - In some instances, other state agencies manage pre-existing statewide public outreach activities and the budget package requires those agencies to share information regarding outreach efforts wi th OCPSC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - Modifies Family Fee Schedule. During the COVID ‑19 pandemic, the federal government allowed states to temporarily waive family fees in child care programs. The state waived family fees in both the child care and State Preschool programs, with the fees scheduled to return July 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - As with the system integrator funding, this funding is subject to budget act language that requires written notification to Joint Legislative Budget Committee wi thin 45 days once the project is approved through CDT ’s PAL process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

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 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Under current state law, the MCO tax is scheduled to expire in December 2022. Our projections assume the MCO tax expires at the scheduled date and is not reauthorized, resulting in higher annual General Fund costs in Medi ‑Cal that reach nearly $1.7 billion by 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - If the state were to allocate all $9.5  billion for new ongoing commitments, it could face difficulty maintaining those commitments in 2023 ‑24 unless economic growth exceeds our main forecast. Under our main forecast, the amount available for new commitments in 2023 ‑24 dips by about $1 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - Similar to other forms of borrowing, undoing these deferrals in the future (and reverting payments to their typical schedule) will require the state to provide one‑time back payments to the universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - Recent federal law requires states to use an EVV system for Medicaid personal care services by January 1, 2019, and for home health care services by January 1, 2023. The IHSS program is one of the largest personal care service programs affected by the EVV requirement, with over 500,000 consumers and almost 500,000 providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712