The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Finally, we recommend that the Legislature continue to seek additional information from the administration on its strategy for state office space in Sacramento before approving funding for the construction of these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - Doing so would ensure that the Legislature could control how these funds were used and make it easier for the Legislature to provide robust oversight. We note that the activities that the administration anticipates funding with the $630  million are not envisioned to occur until at least 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - These bonds include most of the remaining unsold infrastructure bonds that voters approved in November 2018 for children ’s hospitals and housing programs, as well as bonds approved in earlier years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 15, 2017 - They also include a portion of the bonds that the Legislature has put on the June and November 2018 ballots. We note that our projections do not include additional debt-service costs for any other new bonds that may be authorized by the voters or the Legislature during the forecast period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3713

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Some departments have identified specific projects they intend to support with the proposed funding, while other departments have not yet identified projects, and it is unclear when they plan to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

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

Jan 14, 2019 - These state subsidies would supplement federal subsidies already available to some households and would provide new subsidies to some relatively higher ‑income households that currently do not currently qualify.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - First, for the Sonoma DC —whose final residents moved out in 2018 —the budget includes $21.1  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 (and a total of $43.7  million over three years) to support various activities related to the disposal and potential reuse of the Sonoma DC property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Final Year of Funding for California Education Learning Lab. The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Across 2018‑19 to 2020‑21, the administration’s estimates of revenue from the state’s three largest taxes are $34 million (less than 0.01 percent of total collections) above our Fiscal Outlook estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031