UC Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]

May 18, 2025 - UC Spending Proposals Under Governor's Budget and May Revision [EdBudget]     a The May Revision reduces the planned base reduction from 7.95 percent, as agreed to in last year's budget, to 3 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/956

The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - Final costs will total around $3  million (between $2.4  million and $3.7  million). Funding these mandates does not have direct out-year fiscal implications for the state. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2025-26 Budget: Concession Bargaining

May 19, 2025 - The 2020-21 budget specified that the noted savings could be achieved through any combination of (1)  MOUs, side letters, or other labor agreements; (2)  furloughs; and (3)  other reductions of excluded employees ’ compensation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5047

Child Care Funding Rates and Transition to an Alternative Methodology [Publication Details]

Apr 3, 2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 On Health and Human Services
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5023

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - Figure  3 provides a broader perspective on changes in long-term spending across major programs —largely reflecting the May Revision ’s ongoing solutions. (However, the figure also captures the effects of updated assumptions and estimates.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

Overview of Diversity Efforts in the Film Tax Credit Program

May 1, 2025 - Comparing Figure  1 with the 2023 data in Figure  3, white, Black, and Multiple/Other individuals are overrepresented among credit recipients relative to their California population share, while Hispanic/Latino and Asian individuals are  underrepresented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5036

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - This presumably would reduce the number of protests (Sections 3 and 4) . Making some changes to requirements around how DWR must repay other state agencies that do work on the SWP (Section 5) . Explicitly including the DCP as part of the SWP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: Proposition 98 Guarantee and K-12 Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5004

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - Figure  3 provides a high-level graphical representation of the new PDL process. Preliminary Assessment of New PDL Process PDL Process Likely to Replace the PAL Process Over Time. The state ’s current IT project approval process, PAL, helps state entities plan dozens of IT projects each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Reauthorization and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Proposals at May Revision

May 19, 2025 - GGRF Expenditure Plan LAO Bottom Line: In crafting the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) expenditure plan, we recommend that the Legislature: (1)  ensure its legislative priorities are reflected, (2)  minimize the use of continuous appropriations, (3)  give serious consideration to using GGRF to help solve the budget problem and preserve highest-priority activities, (4)  defer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5049