The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Unallocated cuts can be difficult to achieve in full. This especially is true when the reductions are determined through a collaborative process that allows for departments to be exempt from any reductions or receive a lower level of reduction.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Notably, however, the federal administration already has tried to cut some spending that meets these criteria. In this environment, this proposal ’s heavy dependence on federal funding makes its prospects uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - If not, the two main alternatives are (1)  a statutory increase in licensing fees, or (2)  cuts to other aspects of the licensing program. Proposal Heightens Concerns About Hiring and Retaining Inspectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - The suggestion that these departments cannot maintain service levels while reducing their expenditures by the levels identified as efficiency savings in the report to the Legislature raises concerns that the identified savings are not true efficiencies but rather constitute cuts that could negatively affect current se rvice levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

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

Jan 13, 2022 - Based on the reserve balance and one ‑time cushion, we think the state likely could weather a relatively mild recession without resorting to significant cuts or payment deferrals for school and community college programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Specifically, to the extent the guarantee drops or grows more slowly in the future, the expiration of these one-time allocations allows the state to accommodate the lower guarantee without relying on program cuts or payment deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309