The 2026-27 Budget: Proposed Elimination of State Environmental Positions

Feb 17, 2026 - To achieve budgetary savings, the 2025-26 budget eliminated 4,994 vacant state government positions, reducing annual costs by about $360  million on an ongoing basis. These savings included about $130  million General Fund, with the remainder from special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5124

CSU Federal Grants and Contracts for Research and Other Purposes [EdBudget]

Feb 12, 2026 - This table reflects funding for Minority-Serving Institutions (including Hispanic-Serving Institutions) either as "R&D" or "Other," as applicable. a"Other" includes federal TRIO programs, workforce training programs such as the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), AmeriCorps, and other targeted federal programs. bCSU, as a system, receives federal grants and contracts in addition to
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1052

K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Oct 13, 2025 - K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]     a Includes $7.6 billion in 2023-24 and $405 million in 2025-26 from the Proposition 98 Reserve. b Consists primarily of state pension payments on behalf of districts, state debt service on school facility bonds, and non-Proposition 98 funding for the California State Preschool Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1012

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The administration estimates that Proposition 36 will have no impact on the average daily parole population in 2024‑25 but will cause it to be about 360 higher (or 1 percent) than it otherwise would be in 2025‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Jan 25, 2025 - K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]   a Includes $7.6 billion from the Proposition 98 Reserve.     b Consists primarily of state pension payments on behalf of districts, state debt service on school facility bonds, and non-Proposition 98 funding for the California State Preschool Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/942

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - This report explores key questions that frequently emerge around residential electricity rates in California, including why electricity rates are relatively high, some resulting implications for ratepayers and state climate change goals, and notable emerging issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - The 2024‑25 budget package provides a total of $17.8 billion from various fund sources—the General Fund, a number of special funds, bond funds, and federal funds—for the departments overseen by the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA). This amount represents about half of total 2023‑24 estimated expenditure levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Sep 11, 2024 - Ongoing General Fund support for the California State Library decreases by a net of $4.0  million (7.6  percent). This decrease mainly consists of a $2.5  million reduction for the Lunch at the Library program and a $1.8  million reduction for the California Library Services Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4926

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - Previous budget actions allocated $360  million for use as Homeless Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAPP) bonus funds to supplement the base HHAPP grants of local entities that achieved specified outcome goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 16, 2023 - The budget also reflects the internal redirection of $13.8  million ongoing General Fund —$6.2  million from the Civil Law subdivision and $7.6  million from the California Justice Information Services Division (CJIS) —to support a new Office of General Counsel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4805