Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - Revenues in this year came in far below expectations, meaning the cash deficit went below $ 20  b illion and the year ended with a cumulative cash deficit of $ 10  b illion. California Faced a Frozen Credit Market in September of 2008.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

The 2019-20 May Revision: LAO Revenue Outlook

May 12, 2019 - Corporation Tax (CT) CT Collections Surged in the Current Year. With two collection months remaining in the fiscal year, we expect that CT revenues will exceed the administration ’s January estimate by well over 10  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4037

The 2020-21 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2019 - The first aim of the Fiscal Outlook is to answer whether the state will have sufficient resources to pay for its existing commitments in the upcoming budget year (in this case, 2020 ‑21). As has been the case in recent years, the answer to this question is yes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4111

Amid Good Fiscal Times, Planning for the Future Is Crucial

May 21, 2019 - New Ongoing Spending in the May Revision Is Nearing the Sustainable Limit To assess whether the state has capacity for new ongoing spending commitments, we estimate the difference between revenues and expenditures in the budget year and for several years ahead.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4051

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2020 - The Governor offers one strategy to prioritize these funds over the next few years. Notably, the Governor focuses on the state’s share of the unfunded liability for teachers’ pensions. While we agree this focus makes sense, the amounts the Governor proposes dedicating to this purpose are not connected to the specific actuarial needs of the teachers’ pension system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4196

The Quiet Transformation in California’s Cash Management [Publication Details]

Aug 29, 2019 - In this Fiscal Perspective, Legislative Analyst Gabriel Petek writes about how the building of large budget reserve balances has quietly transformed California’s cash management in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4091

The 2020-21 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2019 - The 2020-21 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details] The 2020-21 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook Format: HTML Description: The annual Fiscal Outlook publication gives our office’s independent assessment of the California state budget condition for the upcoming fiscal year and over the longer term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4111

The 2020-21 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2020 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2020-21 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4330

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor allocates most of the surplus toward one-time purposes, including maintaining a positive year-end balance in the state’s discretionary reserve. Under the administration’s estimates, total reserves would reach $20.5 billion at the end of 2020-21—this represents a $1.7 billion increase from the 2019-20 enacted level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals Format: HTML Description: When facing budget problems in the past, the state has “deferred” payments from one fiscal year into the next, providing significant one-time budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3988