The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Debt Liabilities

Oct 17, 2019 - Special Fund Loans Throughout the 2000s, particularly in response to the dot-com bust and Great Recession, the state loaned amounts to the General Fund from other state accounts, particularly special funds to address General Fund budget problems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4106

Whether or Not to Tap Reserves to Solve Estimated Budget Problem Emerges as Key Fiscal Decision Facing California’s Legislature

Apr 19, 2023 - Revenues increased by nearly 30 percent in 2020-21 and another 20 percent in 2021-22. In the course of allocating the historically large surpluses generated by the revenue surge, General Fund spending increased commensurately.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4762

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - To assist these efforts, the 2021-22 Budget Act provided temporary funding, from 2021-22 to 2023-24, for 46 permanent positions and 4 limited-term positions. The spending plan provides an additional three years of expenditure authority for these 50 positions, from 2024-25 to 2026-27, in the amount of $9.4 million from CPUC’s Utilities Reimbursement Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - To assist these efforts, the 2021-22 Budget Act provided temporary funding, from 2021-22 to 2023-24, for 46 permanent positions and 4 limited-term positions. The spending plan provides an additional three years of expenditure authority for these 50 positions, from 2024-25 to 2026-27, in the amount of $9.4 million from CPUC’s Utilities Reimbursement Account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - Appendix 4, Figure 8 Remaining Large One ‑Time and Temporary Augmentations From the 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 Budget Packages: Transportation General Fund (In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788/4

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - We understand the CERF includes direct COVID-19 response expenditures of $1.9  billion in 2021-22 and $2.5  billion in 2022-23, nearly $2  billion in emergency rental relief assistance (in 2021-22), just over $1  billion for healthcare worker retention payments (in 2021-22), $1.2  billion for energy utility arrearages (in 2022-23), and $1.1  billion for drought emergency expenditures ($1  billion in 2021-22).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - The “near term ” includes the current year (2021 ‑22) and budget year (2022 ‑23) and the “longer term ” includes the final three years of the outlook window (2023 ‑24 through 2025 ‑26). Near Term Hundreds of Millions of Dollars in Estimated General Fund Savings in 2021 ‑22 … We estimate that Medi ‑Cal General Fund spending will be $27.5 billion in 2021
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - Most of the funding in 2021 ‑22, $4. 5 b illion (all funds), is primarily for homelessness ‑related proposals, while $2. 9 b illion (all funds) is allocated primarily towards housing ‑related programs in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448