The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The estimated total project cost is $53  million. Construction is scheduled to begin in November 2025 and expected to be complete by January 2028. Proposition  4 (2024). The budget package allocates funds authorized by Proposition  4, which provided $10  billion in bond funds for activities designed to increase the state ’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Recognizing that it is not feasible to look at every possible mix of alternative energy efficiency and renewable energy measures, at minimum, alternatives that should be evaluated include: (1 )  t he cost and savings of the proposed energy efficiency measures compared to the cost and savings for a facility with energy efficiency components consistent with Title   24 a nd (2 )  t he cost and savings of renewable energy generation options.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Importantly, without this level of detail, whether t he fund has sufficient capacity to support the debt service is unclear. If there is insufficient budget capacity, then approving the bonds could force the state to reduce programmatic activities supported by the fund and/or increase the taxes or fees supporting the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

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

Apr 11, 2025 - The BSCC budget would have to increase t o account for its new duties related to the grant. We estimate that this could require a few million dollars annually. We note that this amount could be paid from the state savings created by the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Governor ’s Proposal The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 614  m illion ($ 585   m illion from the General Fund and $ 29   m illion from Proposition   68, a natural resources related bond approved by voters in 201 8) o n a one ‑time basis in 2019 ‑ 20 t o address deferred maintenance backlogs at 24 departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

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

Jan 13, 2020 - While the Legislature could set this fund balance to any amount greater than zero, since 2015 ‑ 16 t he state has enacted balances in the SFEU of around $1. 5  b illion. $1.6   Billion in Ongoing Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - However, 53  of the MHCBs in CDCR are unlicensed and are legally allowed to operate only due to a waiver from the Coleman court. Most of the state ’s unlicensed MHCBs are in a 34 ‑bed facility operated at the California Institute for Men (CIM) in Chino.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to extend full ‑scope Medi ‑Cal coverage to all young adults ages 19 t hrough 25 r egardless of immigration status. Most of these individuals do not have full health insurance coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916