The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes two types of these loans: $550  million in loans allocated to specific funds ($150  million from the Unfair Competition Law Fund and $400  million from the Labor and Workforce Development Fund) and $1.5  billion in unallocated special fund loans, authorized through Control Section 13.40.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Note: Excludes spending on K –14 education, reserves, and debt (required by the California Constitution) and added costs to maintain existing policies. Figure also excludes some smaller spending proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/1

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - The added risk variable weighs on the range of revenue outcomes that we view as most plausible. The middle of the range, which becomes our main revenue forecast, is thus lower than if we did not include the stock market risk indicator.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2019-20 May Revision: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 12, 2019 - The largest added Proposition  98 spending commitment in the May Revision is an augmentation to a January proposal related to special education. This proposal would provide grants to school districts serving large concentrations of students with disabilities, English learners, and low-income students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4039

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

Jan 13, 2024 - In addition, the Governor ’s budget includes $13  billion in reserve withdrawals, which represent nearly one ‑quarter of the total; $4  billion in cost shifts; and about $400  million in revenue ‑related solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - As described in the text, SFEU balance may be $400  million higher as the Legislature and the Governor have not reached agreement to spend $400  million on affordable housing, as had been assumed in June 2016 budget package. b Budget act estimates a “true down, ” resulting in a reduction of $39  million. c Amount by which SFEU grows relative to the 2015 –16 budget plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - As such, our independent fiscal assessment underlies the Legislature ’s ability to assert an informed check on the executive branch, making any added complexity from diverging estimates a worthwhile trade-off.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - Specifically, the budget cuts $400   million from the Active Transportation Program, $200   million planned for grade separation projects, and $75   million from the Highways ‑to ‑Boulevards Pilot Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The Governor also proposed other discretionary increases, including $400  million in assistance to counties to offset some of their cost increases associated with the termination of the Coordinated Care Initiative (CCI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/2

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

May 17, 2025 - Finally, although we have not previously recommended the Leg islature take decisive action to address the structural deficits, the state ’s persistent fiscal imbalance and the added downside risks —particularly from potential federal actions —suggest a need for a more proactive approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044