The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Most of these gains come from the meteoric rise in the value of a handful of tech companies that investors believe will be major beneficiaries of recent advances in AI. These companies have made big bets on AI, spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and offering extraordinary pay packages to recruit AI researchers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - That said, recent budgets have set the SFEU bet ween $3.5  billion and $4.5  billion, so the Governor ’s budget proposal to set the balance to $4.5  billion is generally in line with recent policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - (The Delta conveyance project and desalination projects are exempted from this authority.) The legislation also authorizes Caltrans to use job order contracting for certain maintenance and other activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) California's Fiscal Outlook Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) General Fund expenditures for IHSS are estimated to be $3.5  billion in  2017 ‑18, increasing to about $3.7  billion in  2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712

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

Oct 27, 2021 - APS = Adult Protective Services; CFAP = California Food Access Program; Cal ‑OAR = California CalWORKs Outcomes and Accountability Review; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; GF = General Fund; ARPA = Advanced Research Projects Administration; LCSAs = local child support agencies; FFPSA = Family First Prevention Services Act; DDS = Department of Developmental Services; MSSP= Multipurpose Senior
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) California’s Fiscal Outlook In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) We estimate General Fund expenditures for IHSS to be $3.8  billion in 2018 ‑19, slightly increasing to about $3.9  billion in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - With a limited number of people looking for jobs, competition among employers for workers is high. This competition typically forces employers to pay higher wages to attract new workers. Rising wage costs, in turn, cause businesses to raise th eir prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829

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

Oct 16, 2023 - It also includes Chapter  58 of 2023 (S B  146 , Gonzalez), which authorizes the use of two project delivery methods —progressive design ‑build and job order contracting —under certain circumstances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - This amount is expected to be offset by $ 76  m illion from federal reimbursements for Veterans Homes. Additional Reporting Requirements for Veterans Homes Master Plan. The 2017 ‑ 18 b udget included language that requires CalVet to develop a systemwide master plan for the veterans homes by July 1, 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/12

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - The state has appropriated funds in recent years to develop new models of homes, expand or create programs, and provide intensive case management for people moving out of the DCs. The state has committed at least $55  million General Fund annually in recent years for this purpose and we assume this base amount of funding will continue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717