The 2026-27 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2026 - Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement The 2024-25 budget package established the Governor ’s Office of Service and Community Engagement (GO-SERVE) as part of a reorganization of the former Governor ’s Office of Planning and Research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5205/

Understanding The State’s Astonishing Cash Position

Sep 16, 2026 - The 2024 ‑25 budget used a Proposition  98 maneuver to address $6.2  billion in General Fund payments to school districts that had already been distributed on a cash basis but exceeded the revised Proposition  98 minimum funding requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5198

The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Aug 26, 2026 - Relative to the January budget, the administration ’s revenue estimates across the three ‑year budget window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27) increased by about $16  billion, again reflecting continued strength in income tax collections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5197

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - The estimate of the requirement for 2024 ‑25 is up nearly $4.7  billion (4  percent) from the June 2024 level, but the budget appropriates just over $2.7  billion in additional funding for that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - The state calculates the statutory COLA each year based on a price index published by the federal government. For 2024 ‑25, the budget provides $1  billion to cover a 1.07  percent COLA for existing school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - For  example, this includes a proposal to provide $1.3  billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum for 2024 ‑25. This yields one ‑time General Fund savings in that year but creates a “settle ‑up ” obligation that will need to be paid in a future year if 2024 ‑25 revenues remain unchanged.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - This reduction includes $9.6  billion in 2022 ‑23, $7 billion in 2023 ‑24, and $4.4 billion in 2024 ‑25. The magnitude of the downward revision in 2022 ‑23 is unprecedented for a fiscal year that is already over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4819

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - The SFEU is the state ’s operating reserve and essentially functions like an end-of-year balance. The State Constitution ’s balanced budget provision prohibits the state from enacting a negative SFEU balance for the upcoming fiscal year, in this case, 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Savings Proposals Generates $1.6 Billion School and Community College Settle‑Up Obligation in 2024‑25. The Governor’s budget proposes providing $1.6 billion less in total funding for schools and community colleges than the estimated constitutional minimum funding level for 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2022 ‑23 through 2024 ‑25), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2025 ‑26 through 2027 ‑28).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825