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 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook The 2021-22 Budget CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook In this post, we describe our most recent forecast for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program costs and discuss recent caseload trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Receiving the most discussion of any education proposal this year, the budget package also establishes a statewide online college intended to help working adults improve their career technical skills.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/1

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds

May 4, 2021 - As public health-related restrictions abate and people resume normal daily activities, there may be a significant increase in demand for certain services. For example, although California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids enrollment currently is at historic lows, the state still could see considerable increases in caseload once other types of federal assistance ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4422

An Update on California’s Cash Management Situation

Aug 31, 2020 - The General Fund ’s daily cash situation is monitored and managed by the State Controller ’s Office (SCO). (The daily cash situations of other state funds, like special funds, are primarily managed by state departments.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4266

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Second, the spending plan provides $7. 6  m illion General Fund to increase the daily maximum voucher amount for the Homeless Assistance Program (HAP) payments from $ 65 t o $85. The HAP provides daily housing payments to homeless (or at ‑risk of becoming homeless) CalWORKs families that are used to purchase nightly housing accommodations (for example, in a hotel).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The state also funds child care through the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and Alternative Payment programs, which operate using a voucher system based on the RMR. The state conducts surveys of regional market costs for child care every two years and typically sets the RMR such that families in every county can use their vouchers to access a certain percentage of child care providers in their areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/4

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Accelerates Online Education Initiative. The budget provides $20  million to increase CCC students ’ access to and success in online courses. The initiative includes an online course exchange, to be piloted in 2016 –17 , that enables students at any community college to enroll in degree –applicable online courses at other colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/3

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - In addition to this report, we will release a series of issue ‑specific, online posts that give more detail on the major actions in the budget package. The Budget Problem For the third year in a row, the state faced a budget problem, or deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079