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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  main differences between our estimates  include: Revenue Estimates Higher by $9   Billion. Over the budget window —2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑ 26 —the administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding policy proposals) are higher than our November 2024 estimate by $9  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) [Publication Details]

Jan 23, 2018 - Updated 2/9/18: On Friday, February 9, 2018, Congress appropriated additional funding for CHIP through FFY 2026-27 at states' traditional cost share which, in California, is 35 percent. No changes were made to the previous reauthorization of CHIP funding through FFY 2022-23, discussed in this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3734

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Specifically, the administration forecasts operating deficits ranging from $4  billion to $9  billion over the multiyear period. We recommend the Legislature avoid enacting a budget that plans for future deficits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Preschool and Child Care Overview [Publication Details]

Feb 9, 2005 - Presented to a joint hearing of the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittees No. 1 and No. 3 on February 9, 2005.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1221

The 2020-21 Budget: CalWORKs Child Care Outlook

Nov 21, 2019 - We estimate Stage 1 caseload will increase by 9  percent in 2019 ‑20, an additional 9  percent in 2020 ‑21, and level off through the rest of the period. This caseload trend is intended to capture the effect of the recent policy changes that make accessing Stage 1 child care easier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4115

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - In addition, the administration indicates that it intends to request a total of $ 60  m illion from the General Fund in the coming months for a public education campaign ($ 50  m illion) and for the modernization of the 9 ‑1 ‑1 system ($ 10  m illion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Jan 23, 2018 - Recent Congressional Action on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Recent Congressional Action on the Children ’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Update On Friday, February 9, 2018, Congress appropriated additional funding for CHIP through FFY 2026-27 at states' traditional cost share which, in California, is 35 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3734

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Child Care and Preschool)

Jun 19, 2015 - This includes about 17,400 (9 percent) additional slots in non-CalWORKs programs and 5,600 (4 percent) additional slots in the CalWORKs programs. Of the increase in slots for non-CalWORKs programs, about 7,500 are full-day preschool slots and 2,90 0 are part-day preschool slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3276

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Reflecting the administration ’s revised revenue estimates, the Governor ’s budget proposal provides an additional $ 575  m illion General Fund to schools and community colleges (relative to June 201 9) f or 2018 ‑19 and 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: Early Education Analysis

Mar 4, 2019 - As Figure  9 shows, the combined cost of CalWORKs Stages  2 and  3 has grown from $ 714  m illion in 2016 ‑ 17 t o more than $ 1  b illion in 2018 ‑ 19 —an increase of 45  p ercent across the period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3956