The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - Major components of this increase include: $7.8  million ongoing ($1.9  million from the False Claims Act Fund and $5.9  million in federal funds) for Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse (DMFEA) workload. $4.7  million Unfair Competition Law (UCL) Fund in 2024-25 (increasing to $4.8  million in 2025-26 and 2026-27) to support civil climate change
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - Projected Savings of $30.5  Million in 2025-26 and $24.7  Million in 2026-27. The administration projects Proposition  47 savings to decline to $30.5  million in 2025-26 (which will be the first full fiscal year with Proposition  36 in effect) and $24.7  million in 2026-27 —representing an overall $70  million (74  percent) decline relative to 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $3  million General Fund and 13.4  positions in 2025 ‑26, growing to $4.4  million and 20.4 positions in 2026 ‑27 and ongoing, to staff the 50 ‑bed mental health crisis facility at CIM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? - Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell its Office Buildings? [Video]

April 27, 2010 In this short video, analyst Mark Whitaker discusses the LAO report "Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell its Office Buildings? "
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=64

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Under the proposed formula, the amount of funding allocated through the maintenance payment grows annually starting in 2026-27. The growth adjustment would be based on the growth of 2011 realignment revenue provided to the counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - We estimate that the DSR will fall below 4  percent over the next several years. This is because we project that General Fund revenues will increase somewhat faster than debt service costs. We assume that the state gradually sells bonds that have been approved by voters or the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

The 2015-16 Budget: Effectively Implementing the 2014 Water Bond [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2015 - On November 4, 2014, voters approved the water bond measure—Proposition 1. In this report, we (1) describe Proposition 1, (2) review the Governor’s proposals to implement the bond, (3) identify key implementation principles, and (4) recommend steps for the Legislature to ensure that the bond is implemented effectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3171

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

Jan 13, 2020 - First, the Governor proposes putting a $4. 8  b illion bond before voters in November 2020 t o fund a variety of activities intended to help the state mitigate and prepare for the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This is an increase of $27.7  million, or about 4  percent, compared to the estimated spending level for 2019 ‑20. In addition to the augmentations described below, this net increase includes augmentations related to the state ’s cannabis programs described in the “Cannabis Regulation ” section of this post.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277