The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes $12  million one-time Federal Trust Fund for grants to local governments (including schools and special districts, as well as federally recognized tribes) for the purpose of addressing cybersecurity risks and threats to information systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Specifically, the funds would reduce districts ’ CalSTRS rates in 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑ 21 —freeing up resources for other parts of districts ’ operating budgets. Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - In 2022 ‑23, the state provided districts a total of $37  million Proposition  98 General Fund for apportionments generated on behalf of CCC students incarcerated at state prisons. Incarcerated Students Typically Do Not Pay CCC Enrollment Fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Jan 13, 2020 - One ‑Time Funding Could Be Used to Provide Districts Long ‑Term Fiscal Relief. Most of the one ‑time proposals in the Governor ’s budget would require districts to implement new programs or expand existing services as a condition of receiving funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

A New Blueprint for California School Facility Finance [Publication Details]

May 1, 2001 - When the state issues a bond to pay part of the cost of constructing and remodeling schools, school districts are unsure when and how much funding will be available, or what rules will govern eligibility. We recommend that the state identify the average cost of providing educational facilities and provide a share of this amount to every school district as an annual, per-pupil, facilities grant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/801

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget provides $101  million in new lease revenue bond authority for the construction phase of two projects —$89.5  million for the Sixth District Court of Appeal project and an additional $11.5  million for the Sonoma Santa Rosa Criminal Courthouse project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - For example, the Lottery estimated that adding ZNE to its completed Santa Fe Springs District Office added 17  p ercent to the cost of constructing the project. Additionally, the DMV estimated that the cost of adding ZNE to its planned Reedley Field Office facility is expected to add 29  p ercent to the building ’s construction costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711