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

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2024 - On January 10, 2024, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue-specific budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4825

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget $3,135 $4,677 BCH = Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program; FHC = Family Homelessness Challenge Grants; BSCC  =  Board of State and Community Corrections; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825/1

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - On January 10, 2024, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue-specific budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825/2

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - On January 10, 2024, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release many additional issue-specific budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825/3

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - For example, major categories of cost shifts in the Governor’s budget include proposals to: defer one month of state employee payroll from June to July, which results in $1.6 billion in one‑time savings; redirect a $1.3 billion supplemental pension payment made under the requirements of Proposition 2 for actuarially required contributions to the California Public Employee Retirement System, and $1.2 billion in special fund loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Dec 7, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes the Fiscal Outlook in anticipation of the upcoming budget season. The goal of this report is to give the Legislature our independent estimates and analysis of the state’s budget condition as lawmakers begin planning the 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4819

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - These options, however, tend to be disruptive for school operations, particularly when the state announces them on short notice. In addition, the state ’s options for reductions in 2022 ‑23 are relatively limited because the state has allocated most of the funding attributable to the prior year already.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4819

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Nov 8, 2023 - This post discusses features of the state's spending plan that were not covered elsewhere in the 2023-24 Spending Plan series.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4814

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - We estimate that the state ’s total contributions towards employee health premiums in 2023-24 is about $3  billion. Pension. The state pays a percentage of state employee salaries to fund pension benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814