The 2025-26 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5105

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - (At full implementation, which had been estimated to occur in 2025 ‑26, the housing rate supplement would be $18.8 million annually.) Bringing Families Home reduction ‑80 ‑80 Governor ’s budget proposed to delay $80 million from 2023 ‑24 to 2025 ‑26, along with budget language extending the expenditure period and local funding match waiver period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Proposal Governor Proposes to Provide General Fund Appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26. The Governor ’s budget provides a $10  million one-time General Fund appropriation for BPPE in 2025-26 (to be implemented through the next round of amendments to the 2025-26 Budget Act ).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - The Governor’s budget proposes to reduce funding for General Child Care slots by $98 million relative to the 2025‑26 budget package. These reductions are mainly due to a decline in federal and Proposition 64 funding in 2025‑26 and 2026‑27 and would eliminate funding for approximately 4,200 slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 26, 2026 - Current LAO Estimate for 2025-26: $648 Million. We currently project cannabis tax revenues of $648 million in 2025-26. This is $36 million above the January Governor ’s Budget forecast for 2025-26. As shown in the figure below, the resulting 2026-27 revenue allocations are somewhat higher than the administration ’s January projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/851

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update (2025 Q4) [EconTax Blog]

Feb 26, 2026 - Current LAO Estimate for 2025-26: $648 Million. We currently project cannabis tax revenues of $648 million in 2025-26. This is $36 million above the January Governor ’s Budget forecast for 2025-26. As shown in the figure below, the resulting 2026-27 revenue allocations are somewhat higher than the administration ’s January projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/851

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Based on the reduced scope of the contract relative to what had been assumed in the 2025-26 budget, and the time it takes to identify and implement efficiencies, the administration revised the expected savings from the contract to $245  million General Fund in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies Format: HTML Description: The 2025-26 budget appropriated up to $20 million to the Department of Finance (DOF) to contract with a consulting firm to assist and advise DOF in creating efficiencies through process improvements in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In addition to this mandatory withdrawal, the Governor ’s budget also includes mandatory deposits into the reserve in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 due to higher estimated capital gains revenue, as well as a discretionary deposit in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Feb 13, 2026 - b The 2025-26 Budget Act included intent language to provide UC with this augmentation.  c Reflects nonresident replacement funding of $30 million for 2026-27 as well as deferred ongoing nonresident replacement funding of $31 million from 2025–26 to 2026–27 included in the 2025-26 Budget Act. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1044