The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Aug 30, 2021 - In addition, Chapter  77 of 2021 (AB  137, Committee on Budget) prevents local governments from exceeding their appropriations limit as a result of state subventions. Counting realignment revenues toward local limits generally is consistent with an option outlined in our aforementioned SAL report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - This consists of (1) $77  million (increasing to $132  million) from the planned deactivation of Chuckawalla Valley State Prison in Blythe, (2) $82  million from the deactivation of 42  housing units across 11 state prisons, and (3)  $10  million (increasing to $11  million) related to reduced administrative costs resulting from these and previous deactivations. $97  million in
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - In addition, Chapter  77 of 2021 (AB  137, Committee on Budget) prevented local governments from exceeding their appropriations limit as a result of state subventions. This Year ’s Budget Expanded the Definition of Subvention for SAL-Related Purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - This includes $3.1  billion from various funds across 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, such as $1.5  billion from Proposition  98 General Fund for zero ‑emission school buses, $804  million from the General Fund for various activities including ZEV fueling infrastructure grants, $600  million from GGRF for heavy ‑duty vehicle incentives, and $77  million in federal funds for ZEV  fueling  infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

Flexible Funding to California in the American Rescue Plan

Mar 23, 2021 - The state is not expected to experience a reduction in General Fund revenue in 2020-21 or 2021-22 compared to 2018-19 (the baseline revenue year in the ARP). Specifically, General Fund revenues (excluding constitutional reserve deposits) were $143  billion in 2018-19, while comparable revenues for 2020-21 and 2021-22 currently are estimated to be $158  billion and $161  billion, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4407

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, in 2018 ‑19, the Legislature created the Budget Deficit Savings Account —which was used to temporarily hold a $2.6  billion optional deposit into the BSA —and the Safety Net Reserve —a reserve specifically dedicated to CalWORKs and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - Since 2018, the Governor also declared states of emergency related to various wildfires. For example, the Governor declared a state of emergency related to the Camp wildfire on November 8, 2018, and related to the LNU Lightning Complex and other wildfires burning statewide on August  18, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - (For more information about this debt, see: The 2017‑18 Budget: The Governor’s CalPERS Borrowing Proposal and The 2018‑19 Budget: Repaying the CalPERS Borrowing Plan .) Debt Payments Must Supplement —Not Supplant —Funding for Two Years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

The 2023-24 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 15, 2023 - The 2018‑19 budget created the Safety Net Reserve to set aside funds for future costs of two programs—CalWORKs and Medi‑Cal—in the event of a recession. Absent policy changes, these programs typically experience increased expenditures during a recession when unemployment increases and program caseloads rises.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4769

The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Apr 26, 2021 - In particular, the Legislature deposited an additional $2  billion into the BSA in 2016-17 and an additional $2.6  billion in 2018-19. However, a portion of these deposits ultimately were used to fund required true ups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4418