May Revision Changes to California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

May 21, 2025 - b The Governor's budget provided $393,000 for this project in 2025-26, with $5.1 million in state costs ($6.8 million in total costs) across all years. The May Revision provides an additional $61,000 for the project in 2025-26, with a $955,000 increase in state costs ($1.2 million increase in total costs) across all years.   
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/974

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 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - The spending plan provides $13.3  million one-time total funds ($5.1  million General Fund) to continue planning the new system, called LOIS. The spending plan also includes supplemental report language directing the department to submit quarterly progress updates to the Legislature on activities and expenditures related to LOIS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/1

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 2026-27 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 11, 2026 - . $5.1  million reappropriation of funds for the performance criteria phase of the New Solano Hall of Justice project, which had been delayed due to an extended site selection  process. $2.3  million for the performance criteria phase of the New Quincy Courthouse project in Plumas County. $1.5  million for the performance criteria phase of the New Nevada City Courthouse project in Nevada County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5113

The 2024-25 Budget: College of the Law, San Francisco

Mar 5, 2024 - CLSF then experienced two years of notable growth —with enrollment increasing 16  percent in 2021 ‑22, followed by 5.1  percent  in  2022 ‑23. During  these two years, enrollment grew in the school ’s JD program as well as its master ’s programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4875

The 2024-25 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2024 - Between 2024 ‑25 and 2027 ‑27, HHS programs grow at an average annual rate of 5.1  percent under our projections, compared to 8  percent under the administration ’s estimates. As we have commented in the past, our office has little insight into the components of, or assumptions underlying, the administration ’s projections in HHS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4907

The 2024-25 Budget: Deficit Update

Feb 20, 2024 - After setting aside disbursements and Governor ’s budget proposals, we estimate the state possibly could pull back and reduce one-time and temporary augmentations by as much as $6.4  billion in 2023 ‑24, $4.1  billion in 2024 ‑25, and $5.1  billion in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4850

The 2024-25 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 16, 2024 - In 2022 ‑23, about 5.1  million Californians received a total of $14.5  billion in CalFresh benefits, all of it federally funded, for an average monthly benefit of about $185 per recipient. (This average monthly benefit does not include the emergency allotments provided in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, which averaged about $99 per person.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4845