The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

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/Report/4951/2

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

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/Report/4951/3

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - For example, age   22 i s another important milestone in the system —it is when consumers age out of the school system and begin to access adult services from RCs. Transition planning at schools begins at age  16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

Redesigning California's Adult Education Funding Model [Publication Details]

Dec 13, 2022 - In this brief, we provide background on adult education funding, assess the current funding model, and offer recommendations to improve it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4652

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Phases Expansion Over Two Years. Under the proposal, the ten smallest counties would transition to the Whole Child Model in January 2024, and the remaining five counties (including the three Single-Plan model counties) would transition in January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767

The 2021-22 Budget: Extended Learning and Academic Support

Jan 29, 2021 - We find that providing such a large amount of one-time funding to schools in one year raises several concerns: Given the uncertainty regarding school reopening, districts may have difficulty planning and spending such a large amount of funding over one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4326

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

May 13, 2023 - It would backfill these slots with the same number of additional resident undergraduate students. c The Governor proposes to rescind a total of $437 million in one-time General Fund provided for various student housing projects and instead provide funding for UC to debt finance these projects using university bonds with the state paying the associated debt service. d Per the 2022-23 budget
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/724

Taxing very high-income taxpayers and dedicating revenues to pandemic prevention. [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2021 - In recent years, the state has spent a bout $1.5 billion per year to support school facilities projects, primarily from voter-approved general obligation bonds paid for by the state General Fund. (Schools also receive significant amounts of local property tax revenue to support their operational and facility-related costs.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-022

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2020 - Earlier this year, the Newsom administration began to address one of these concerns. In this report, we recommend the Legislature direct the administration to enforce state law on our other two concerns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4193

Improving California’s Unemployment Insurance Program

Aug 8, 2022 - Some workers also may be eligible under the state ’s alternative base period, which is the last four completed calendar quarters prior to the job loss . Workers who started working recently —for example, recent school graduates or workers returning to work after looking after children —often do not meet this requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4615