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

Jan 10, 2021 - Second, in considering the student behavioral health proposal, the Legislature may wish to ask the administration whether Medi-Cal managed care plans would have the capacity to meet the requirements to receive the incentive payments given the significant added responsibilities they may receive under the administration ’s CalAIM proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - While the Governor ’s budget describes the financial markets as a leading risk to the budget and assumes that stock market appreciation slows, it does not explicitly factor the risk of a market downturn into its revenue estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - These lead to differences in our baseline projections, which in turn lead to differences in our assessments of the state ’s fiscal position. Although these differences may seem like budgetary technicalities, they reflect the differing purposes and roles of our offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - During the special session, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one ‑time for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

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

Aug 30, 2021 - The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit The 2021-22 California Spending Plan The State Appropriations Limit In the late 1970s, voters passed Proposition  4 (1979), which added Article XIIIB to the State Constitution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Chapter 112 of 2021 (SB 156, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) requires CPUC (among other departments) to lead or support several state broadband infrastructure programs and projects. To assist these efforts, the 2021-22 Budget Act provided temporary funding, from 2021-22 to 2023-24, for 46 permanent positions and 4 limited-term positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Chapter 112 of 2021 (SB 156, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) requires CPUC (among other departments) to lead or support several state broadband infrastructure programs and projects. To assist these efforts, the 2021-22 Budget Act provided temporary funding, from 2021-22 to 2023-24, for 46 permanent positions and 4 limited-term positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

Whether or Not to Tap Reserves to Solve Estimated Budget Problem Emerges as Key Fiscal Decision Facing California’s Legislature

Apr 19, 2023 - Our assessment was based on certain leading economic indicators and financial market correlations. For example, the simultaneous occurrence of very low unemployment (below 4  percent) and high inflation (above 4  percent) has, for the past 70 years, always preceded a recession within two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4762

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - (For more information about each of the new programs, as well as existing programs and services that received ad ditional funding, refer to our February 8, 2021 budget and policy post — The 2021‑22 Budget: California Department of Technology .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2025-26 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Outside of government and health care, the state has added no jobs in a year and a half. Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25  percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4939