Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - We Use Simulation ‑Based Tools Similar to Those Used to Analyze Pensions and Insurance. The state ’s reserve policy should hold up not just for a few years or even a couple of decades, but over many economic cycles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - As a result, these obligations will place additional pressure on the state ’s future budgets. Figure 4 State ’s New Borrowing to Balance the Budget (In Billions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - Rethinking California's Reserve Policy [Publication Details] HTML Description: Reserves allow the state to ensure stable funding for its services over time, even when revenue fluctuates unpredictably.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5028

The 2025-26 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 24, 2025 - This post presents our office’s forecast of the condition of the state General Fund budget through 2028-29 under our revenue estimates and assuming the Governor’s May Revision policies were adopted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5052/1

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - Similarly, state-federal partnerships, like Medi-Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program, require the state provide a minimum level of funding for large portions of the program. Where the state has implemented expansions of state-federal partnerships, however, there typically is greater fiscal flexibility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2025 - This post provides guidance to the Legislature for conducting fiscal oversight. As outlined in our November Fiscal Outlook, we advise the Legislature to use the 2025-26 budget process to conduct robust fiscal oversight of state programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4983

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2025 - Update (1/16/25): A set of tables detailing various solutions and proposals has been appended to the online version of this report. They are available using the HTML link above. On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4951