The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Moreover, we estimate costs in other programs to be about $6  billion higher than anticipated. Starting in 2027 ‑28, we estimate structural deficits to grow to about $35  billion annually due to spending growth continuing to outstrip revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - By most measures, the recession of the early 1990s was more severe than the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s. For example, unemployment in California reached 9. 7  p ercent in mid ‑ to late ‑1992, but peaked at 6. 9  p ercent after the dot ‑com bust.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 5, 2020 - As a condition of receiving the funding, counties must show that they are in com pliance with state and federal public health requirements. Budget Provides $600   Million for Project Homekey and Related Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4263

Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - After a period of relative calm in the mid ‑ and late ‑1990s, California faced another series of years with acute budget problems following the dot ‑com bust and ensuing recession. Although the dot ‑com bust was relatively mild in economic terms, it hit the California budget —which is particularly reliant on the Bay Area ’s technology sector —especially hard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

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

Jan 12, 2026 - The  Governor ’s budget also includes some proposals that provide savings in future years (that is, in 2027 ‑28 and after). This includes proposals to: (1)  remove the state ’s share of costs associated with growth in IHSS hours per case, which we estimate could save $650  million by 2029 ‑30 (if hours continue to grow at their current rates); (2)  make an ongoing reduction to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

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

Oct 2, 2018 - Figure  28 shows the recent and projected changes in the inmate and parolee populations. As shown in the figure, the prison population is projected to decline slightly from about 128, 500 i nmates at the end of 2017 ‑ 18 t o about 126, 300 i nmates by the end of 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/11

The 2024-25 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2024 - This post presents our office ’s forecast of the condition of the state General Fund budget through 2027 ‑28 under our revenue estimates and assuming the Governor ’s May Revision policies are adopted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4907

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Department of Veterans Affairs The spending plan for the California Department of Veterans Affairs includes $387  million General Fund in 2016 –17 , an increase of $28  million over revised estimates for 2015 –16 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/11

The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Specifically, it is the result of: Higher Revenues of $28 Billion. As can be seen in Figure 2, revenue collections have grown rapidly in recent months, coming in over $10 billion ahead of budget act expectations so far this year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472