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

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - Sonoma DC in Sonoma County is scheduled to close at the end of 2018, while Fairview DC in Orange County and the general treatment area (GTA) of Porterville DC in Tulare County are scheduled to close at the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Costs have been incurred during the transition —developing resources in the community for former DC residents (including safety net services), facilitating closure of DC facilities, providing bonus incentives to retain DC staff for remaining DC residents, and offsetting the loss of federal funding at the DCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - In FFY 2014-15, this federal funding included nearly $1 billion in grants to providers for early childhood education and other parental services through the Head Start program. These funds also inclu ded about $300 million in payments to telecommunications companies to provide discounts to schools and libraries for internet access and other telecommunication services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/3

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - On October 1, 2015, DDS submitted to the Legislature for approval a plan for the closure of Sonoma DC and on April 1, 2016 submitted plans for the closure of Fairview DC and the general treatment area at Porterville DC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/7

Strong Tax Collections Belie California's Challenging Fiscal Outlook

Apr 26, 2022 - As a result, increased yields on short-term Treasury notes, reflecting the Fed ’s efforts to head off inflation, can approach or exceed the yield on longer-term notes. As displayed in Figure  1, this spread briefly fell into negative territory in early April 2022, from 1.29  percentage points on October 8, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4590

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 - Some cases exit because the head of household forgets to submit their redetermination or makes an error on the paperwork, and many of these families successfully re ‑file the next month. Executive Order N ‑28 ‑20 suspended CalWORKs redeterminations for the months of March, April, and May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2017-18 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2016 - We assume DC closures will occur consistent with DDS ’ projected timelines, with Sonoma DC scheduled to close by the end of 2018 and Fairview DC and the general treatment area at Porterville DC scheduled to close by the end of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3507

The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2015 - The 2015 –16 Budget Act reflects the state ’s intent to develop and initiate closure plans for the remaining DCs (with the exception of the secure treatment area of Porterville DC), with the last closure planned for 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3305