The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These proposals generate a total of $2.2  billion General Fund savings within the budget window. Second, the Governor ’s budget includes new discretionary proposals that use budget capacity by increasing spending or reducing revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - (The nearby box also describes the Governor ’s changes to the SAL calculation in the May Revision, which result in slightly lower SAL requirements across the  budget  window.) Governor’s Proposed Administrative and Statutory Changes to the SAL Calculation The Governor proposes two changes to the state appropriations limit (SAL) calculation, which both lower requirements across the budget window.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2017-18 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 9, 2017 - Each spring, schools have a 12 ‑week window to administer the test to students in grades 3 through 8 and a seven ‑week window for grade 11. To ease the transition to the new system, schools can administer a pencil and paper version of the test during the first three years of implementation but must use the online version by spring 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3549

The 2021-22 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Over the budget window, the cumulative effect of these revenue differences means the windfall is more likely than not to lie between $ 12  b illion and $ 40  b illion. …But State Also Faces an Operating Deficit Beginning in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4297

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Sep 16, 2024 - Suspends Summer Layoff Window. In a year when LCFF rates grow by less than 2  percent, state law allows school districts to lay off employees during the time period between five days after enactment of the state budget and August 15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4929

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Proposition 98 and K-12 Education

Oct 29, 2020 - For 2020 ‑21, the budget plan eliminates the August layoff window for all certificated employees except those in administrative positions (such as school principals and vice principals). Regarding classified employees (including instructional aides, clerical staff, custodians, and other non-certificated employees), the law ordinarily allows districts to initiate layoffs at any time, pro vided the affected employees receive at least 60 days ’ notice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4291

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - Mainly as a result of higher revenues, relative to January, constitutionally required spending is higher by nearly $16  billion across the budget window. Other Major Adjustments Reduce Costs by $3  Billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For instance, many older homes were built with features —such as wood shake roofs, cedar siding, or single ‑paned windows —that make them more vulnerable to igniting during wildfires. Evolving Conditions Are Changing Risk Exposure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575