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

Jan 12, 2026 - The first would end comprehensive coverage for certain immigrant groups that will lose most federal cost sharing under H.R. 1. The second would extend new eligibility rules (such as work requirements) for certain federally funded population s to additional immigrant groups with state ‑only ‑funded comprehensive coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - The added risk variable weighs on the range of revenue outcomes that we view as most plausible. The middle of the range, which becomes our main revenue forecast, is thus lower than if we did not include the stock market risk indicator.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - During the special session, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one ‑time for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - While  these cost increases affect all enrollee groups, the administration attributes a significant share of the growth to higher costs associated with individuals lacking satisfactory immigration status.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - As such, our independent fiscal assessment underlies the Legislature ’s ability to assert an informed check on the executive branch, making any added complexity from diverging estimates a worthwhile trade-off.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The Definition of Qualified Capital Outlay for the State Appropriations Limit

Feb 18, 2022 - In these cases, we think the relevant question is whether the group of units as a whole is the asset or each individual unit is the asset. In the case of tiny homes, there is an argument that if the tiny homes are part of a single plot of land or single development they —as a group —could be excludable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4547

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs in a year and a half. Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Of this amount, $50  million is for grants to community-based organizations, philanthropic organizations, and other partners for culturally relevant public outreach activities towards hard-to-reach groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

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

Aug 30, 2021 - The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit The 2021-22 California Spending Plan The State Appropriations Limit In the late 1970s, voters passed Proposition  4 (1979), which added Article XIIIB to the State Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds

May 4, 2021 - Rates of infection and death from COVID-19 also have been disproportionate among different groups in California. For instance, while Latinos make up about 40  percent of Californians, they represent 55  percent of COVID-19 cases in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4422