The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal - The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal February 24, 2016 Watch it on YouTube .
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The 2016-17 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook - California's Fiscal Outlook [Video]

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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 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - During the special session, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one ‑time for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
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The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Makes Statutory Adjustments to Non ‑CalWORKs Child Care and Preschool Programs. The budget provides $29  million to fund a 1.56  percent cost ‑of ‑living adjustment (COLA) for non ‑CalWORKs child care programs and the State Preschool program.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The budget also provides $ 16  m illion ongoing non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for 2, 100 n ew Alternative Payment slots starting September 1, 2018. Funds Additional State Preschool Slots. The budget provides $ 19  m illion to annualize the cost of 2, 959 p reschool slots added April 1, 2018.
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With New Deficits Looming, California Will Weigh its Options for Allocating a Large Revenue Windfall

Dec 1, 2020 - Our core recommendations include suggesting that lawmakers (1)  allocate roughly half of the windfall to restoring budget resilience, (2)  use the other half on one-time activities related to mitigating the effects of the pandemic, (3)  refrain from adding new ongoing commitments, and (4)  consider making at least some progress toward reducing the ongoing deficit.
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The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The budget provides $34  million for the State Preschool program to annualize the cost of preschool slots added January 1, 2015. The budget also provides $8  million for 2,959 new full –day State Preschool slots at LEAs starting April  1, 2017.
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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.
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The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - While the majority of those deficits have been solved using spending reductions, a non-negligible share of the solutions have relied on budgetary borrowing. Some of this borrowing is similar to the measures used during the Great Recession —collectively previously referred to as the state ’s “wall of debt, ” which was defined as nonroutine borrowing mechanisms enacted to address persistent deficits.
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