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

Jan 13, 2020 - Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. (The box below gives more information on how we use the term “surplus ” in the Overview of the Governor ’s Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget includes an increase of $ 540   m illion ongoing General Fund for the universities —$ 300   m illion (7. 6   p ercent) for CSU and $ 240   m illion (6. 9   p ercent) for UC. Whereas the previous Governor favored giving the universities unrestricted increases and allowing them to determine funding priorities, the new administration takes a different approach by itemizing proposed funding increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - Additionally, Chapter  359 increases the fees paid by certain DCA licensees to support CURES from $6 to $11 for a two-year period —April 1, 2021 through April 2, 2023. After this period, the fee for each licensee would be $9 on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - As shown in Figure  1, the DSR has varied considerably in past decades between about 3  percent and 6  percent. In the late 2000s, the DSR grew to about 6  percent following the approval of several large bond measures, as well as a significant reduction in state revenues due to the recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Currently, interest rates for bonds are projected to be about 6  percent to 7  percent in fall 2023. This is significantly higher than recent years, when rates have been less than 5  percent. On the other hand, using cash also means less funding is available to support near-term budget priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Figure  7 shows persistence rates for several cohorts that started their CCC education at CDCR. On average, incarcerated students have notably lower persistence rates compared with the average for CCC students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019, the Legislature ratified new labor agreements with 14 of the state ’s 21 bargaining units. In 2019-20, only one bargaining unit (Unit 18, representing psychiatric technicians) has an expired agreement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 15, 2017 - As shown in Figure  1, the state ’s DSR has varied considerably in past decades between about 3  percent and 6  percent. In the late 2000s, the DSR grew to about 6  percent as large bond measures were approved and state revenues dropped due to a recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3713

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - For example, while some rough estimates of anticipated project costs through 2020 –21 are included in the administration ’s 2016 Five –Year Infrastructure Plan , the administration has not provided any information on expenditures past 2020 –21 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347