A New Method For Current Year Revenue Forecasting [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2021 - We then repeated this process for every year durin g the period 1990-91  through 2021-22. The results of this analysis are summarized in the graphic below.   Up-To-Date Data Improves Forecast Accuracy.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/696

The 2021-22 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Spending Authorities

Mar 2, 2021 - As discussed above, the Governor ’s budget proposes two new control sections —11 .92 and 11. 91 —that would provide the administration with significant flexibility in spending state, federal, and private funds on COVID ‑ 19 r esponse activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - At least 91 processing departments (and, for some processes, nearly all state departments) will need to onboard to CSPS, but there is currently no information about which processing departments will be included in each of the waves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature require CDCR to provide it with key information to inform its deliberations about whether the $91  million for separating employee leave cashout payments will be needed in 2029 ‑30 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

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

May 24, 2024 - Passing only what is necessary this year would allow more time for the remaining stakeholder questions and policy issues to be worked out and give the Legislature the chance to assess whether the rates structure is in line with its vision for permanent CC R rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

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

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, if the General Fund continues to experience deficits, the plan intends that GGRF would cover $1.25  billion of CalFire ’s costs in 2026-27, $500  million in 2027-28, and $500  million in 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5080

Immunology and immunotherapy. [Ballot]

Dec 17, 2025 - Fiscal Effects Increased State Costs of About $500 Million Each Year for 25 Years to Repay the Bond. The estimated cost to repay the bond would be about $500 million each year over a 25-year period. Payments would be made from the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-026

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Figure  1 shows that the average share of authorized cases that are paid every month slightly decreased from 91  percent to 88  percent from January 2019 through December 2023. This translates to roughly 22,000 fewer paid cases every month relative to pre-COVID-19 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868