The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The August session health trailer bill (Chapter  105) directs Covered California to provide payments to plans to help them with the cost of covering gender-affirming care. The payments are to begin January 2026 and are subject to legislative appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Proposition 4 Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2026 - This amount was approved via three different 2025 budget actions: (1) $181  million provided through Chapter  2 of 2025 (A B  100 , Gabriel) (these funds were available for departments to spend during the final few months of 2024 ‑25), (2) $2.9  million through Chapter  5 of 2025 (A B  102 , Gabriel), and (3) $3.3  billion through Chapter  104 of 2025 (S B  105 , Wiener).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5115

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/852

How Have Past Stock Market Downturns Affected Income Tax Revenue? [EconTax Blog]

Mar 9, 2026 - By most measures, the global financial crisis was more severe than the dot-com crash. The state 's unemployment rate, for example, peaked at 7 percent following the dot-com crash but reached nearly double that during the financial crisis and remained elevated for much longer.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/852

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Child Care and State Preschool

Sep 26, 2024 - Of this amount, $302  million is Proposition  98 General Fund and $105  million non-Proposition  98 General Fund. This reduction reflects the estimate of State Preschool funds that would otherwise go unused.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4932

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 16, 2025 - Chapter  104 of 2025 (SB  105, Wiener) requires the Department of Finance (DOF) —in consultation with the California State Transportation Agency —to examine loans or other financing options that could be used to provide short-term financial assistance to certain transit agencies: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board, and Alameda-Contra Costa Transit District.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5077

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2023-24 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Expenditure Plan and Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Revenue Estimates

Mar 2, 2023 - Figure 1 2023 ‑24 Governor ’s Budget Cap ‑and ‑Trade Spending Plan (In Millions) Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program 421 Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program 210 Low Carbon Transit Operations Program 105 Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Program 105 State Responsibility Area Fee Backfill 79 Safe and Affordable Drinking Water Program
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4730

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

Proposition 4 [Ballot]

Nov 5, 2024 - Much of this money would be used for activities that encourage farmers to improve soil health, reduce air pollution, and use less water ($105  million). This money would also support community gardens and farmers ’ markets, such as by purchasing shade canopies ($60  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=4&year=2024