The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - Discretionary Spending Proposals New Spending Proposals of About $600 Million. The Governor’s budget includes around $600 million in new discretionary General Fund spending across the budget window. (We consider a proposal to be “discretionary” if it provides more funding for a program or a service above what is already committed under current law or policy.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

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

Jan 13, 2025 - All Other Spending Lower by $600 Million. Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - The  budget package also provides significant augmentations to address sea ‑level rise, including roughly $600  million in 2022 ‑23 and $650 million committed for 2023 ‑24. (These totals include some funding incorporated within the nature ‑based solutions  package.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - The largest of these include $1.8  billion (in 2025 ‑26) for the proposed expansion of Medi ‑Cal to all income ‑eligible Californians and nearly $600  million for a State Supplementary Payment grant increase, according to administration estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - This includes, for example, $1.6  billion in spending delays for competitive transit grant funds, a sweep of nearly $600  million in unawarded General Child Care slots, and a change in the distribution of funds in the school facilities program that delays nearly $700  million in spending until after 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - Most of the funding will go out as $ 600 o ne ‑time payments to taxpayers with incomes below $75,000 (taxpayers with dependents will receive an additional $ 500 p ayment). The remainder will go out as $ 500 o ne ‑time payments to taxpayers with incomes less than $75,000 who file using an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - Even after receiving a sizeable amount of one ‑time funds for facilities maintenance in the 2021 ‑22  budget, districts continue to have a large deferred maintenance backlog (likely more than $600 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The budget agreement includes $600  million one-time ARP fiscal relief funds to start a new grant program for regions to develop and implement regional plans to create jobs in sustainable industries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Workers pay the tax on their wages up to $145, 600 —the taxable wage ceiling —but do not pay additional taxes on wages above this amount. The administration forecasts that the new higher benefit amounts will result in $3  billion to $4  billion in additional payments each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The remainder of the surplus —$12.1   billion —is proposed for purposes not excluded from the SAL, including $8.5  billion in spending ‑related proposals, the $3.1  billion balance of the SFEU, and about $600  million to repay special fund loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492