The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - The State Constitution ’s balanced budget provision prohibits the state from enacting a negative SFEU balance for the upcoming fiscal year, in this case, 2024-25. While historically the state mostly has enacted SFEU balances between $1  billion and $4  billion, the Legislature can choose to set the balance at any level above zero.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - On May 14, 2024, Governor Newsom presented a revised state budget proposal to the Legislature. This annual proposed revised budget is referred to as the May Revision. In this brief, we provide a summary of and comments on the Governor’s revised budget, focusing on the overall condition and structure of the state General Fund—the budget’s main operating account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902/1

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - On May 14, 2024, Governor Newsom presented a revised state budget proposal to the Legislature. This annual proposed revised budget is referred to as the May Revision. In this brief, we provide a summary of and comments on the Governor’s revised budget, focusing on the overall condition and structure of the state General Fund—the budget’s main operating account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902/2

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision [Publication Details]

May 17, 2024 - On May 14, 2024, Governor Newsom presented a revised state budget proposal to the Legislature. This annual proposed revised budget is referred to as the May Revision. In this brief, we provide a summary of and comments on the Governor’s revised budget, focusing on the overall condition and structure of the state General Fund—the budget’s main operating account.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4902

The 2024-25 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook [Publication Details]

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 were adopted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4907

Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California [Publication Details]

Feb 7, 2024 - Key Fiscal and Policy Issues Facing California identifies some of the biggest and most complex policy issues facing the state and its policymakers. Given the significance and complexity of these issues, our discussion of each issue is necessarily high level and does not provide recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4830