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

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - (This estimate equals the difference between 8,000 and 6,200 multiplied by 12 months.) While not first ‑time Medi ‑Cal members, we assume that these individuals would have lost coverage absent changes like the asset test elimination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - In 2020, about 109,000 tax filers contributed $2.8  billion in revenue to MHSA. These filers comprised about six-tenths of 1  percent of all PIT filers in 2020. Of Proposition  63 taxpayers, however, about 70  percent of the total tax liability in 2020 was concentrated among about 13,000 filers with taxable income of $5  million and over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - The state ’s share of ACA optional expansion costs will gradually increase on an annual basis until 2020, when the state must pay 10  percent of this population ’s Medi ‑Cal costs. Figure  3 summarizes the federal government ’s share of Medi ‑Cal costs for the ACA optional expansion by state fiscal year from 2013 ‑14 through 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - From a low of around 12. 5  m illion beneficiaries in March  2020, the budget act projected Medi ‑Cal caseload would swell to roughly 14. 5  m illion enrollees by July 2020, increasing General Fund costs above what they otherwise would be by about $ 3  b illion across 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - From a low of around 12. 5  m illion beneficiaries in March  2020, the budget act projected Medi ‑Cal caseload would increase to roughly 14. 5  m illion enrollees by July  2020, increasing General Fund costs above what they otherwise would be by about $ 3  b illion across 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Between 2007-08, when CDPH became a standalone department (it was formerly a division within the then Department of Health Services), and the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019-20, the overall CDPH budget was relatively flat and was about $3.4  billion (total funds) at its highest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Prior to 2020 ‑21, each region had one permanent RDMHS. The 2020 ‑21 budget provided $365,000 General Fund ongoing for three additional positions, while the current budget includes another $365,000 General Fund ongoing for another three positions, bringing the total up to 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

May 17, 2021 - Put another way, $12  billion  of spending in the May Revision is attributable to reserve withdrawals and borrowing from 2020 (see Figure  7). Figure 7 Governor Still Uses Budget Solutions Despite Historic Revenue Growth Budget Solutions From 2020 Maintained in 2021 May Revision (In Billions) Reserve Withdrawals Make Budget Stabilization Account withdrawal $7.8 Make Safety Net Reserve withdrawal 0.5
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - Much of the federal COVID-19-related funding provided to California to date has been designated, for example, for K-12 education. Where the Legislature does have flexibility in allocating funding, is it satisfied with the distribution of funding?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292