The 2020-21 Budget: California's Spring Fiscal Outlook

May 8, 2020 - Historically, the state has provided the minimum level of funding for schools and community colleges, even when those levels result in year ‑over ‑year reductions. This approach, however, would involve extraordinary reductions in overall education funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4228

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2022 - Update (11/22/22): The original version of this report identified a $25 billion —instead of a $24 billion —budget problem, which reflected an error in the way we accounted for student housing grant program funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4646

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - We Project Further Increases in Out ‑Years. We project caseload to peak in 2022 ‑23, consistent with historic evidence suggesting caseload peaks roughly two years after peak unemployment. We further project caseload to remain above pre ‑pandemic levels through at least 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Aug 30, 2021 - School District Limits. For many years, the state has shifted some of its limit to school districts that would otherwise exceed their limits. However, that shift only occurred in one direction —from the state to districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details]

Nov 17, 2021 - The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges [Publication Details] The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges Format: HTML Description: Each year, the state calculates a “minimum guarantee” for school and community college funding based upon a set of formulas established by Proposition 98 (1988).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4473

The 2020-21 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2020 - (When the state defers payments to schools from one fiscal year to the next, the state can reduce spending while allowing school districts to continue operating a larger program by borrowing or using cash reserves.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4232

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - SAL = state appropriations limit; CAC = California Arts Council; CSSSA = California State Summer School for the Arts; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CSL = California State Library; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; DCA = Department of Consumer Affairs; DCC = Department of Cannabis Control; DFPI = Departm
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616/1

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 20, 2024 - Every year, our office publishes the Fiscal Outlook in anticipation of the upcoming budget season. This report gives the Legislature our independent estimates and analysis of the state’s budget condition with the goal of helping lawmakers prepare for the 2025-26 budget process. See our other Fiscal Outlook publications here.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4939

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal

Feb 4, 2022 - Excess Revenues Must Be Allocated to School Payments and Taxpayer Rebates. The Legislature could meet any remaining SAL  requirements by splitting excess revenues between taxpayer rebates and payments to schools and community colleges The Constitution gives the state two years to make these payments, and so the costs could be funded in the 2023 ‑24 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4515

Flexible Funding to California in the American Rescue Plan

Mar 23, 2021 - State and local governments have until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. Restrictions on Use of Funds. There are two restrictions on the use of the fiscal recovery funds. First, state and local governments are prohibited from using the funds to make supplemental pension payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4407