The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - For example, the administration’s estimate of baseline costs in Medi‑Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, is higher than our November 2024 estimate by $3.1 billion in 2025‑26. This is largely due to increased pharmacy costs, higher caseload, and a lower General Fund offset from the MCO tax package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - This includes $3.1  billion in statutorily required appropriations (including continuous appropriations) and $2.7  billion in discretionary spending. As displayed in Figure  4, the bulk of the 2024 ‑25 discretionary spending ($2.4  billion) is focused on minimizing the programmatic impacts of addressing the budget shortfall by reducing General Fund spending commitments made in previous budget agreements and backfilling them with GGRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The remainder of the surplus —$12.1   billion —is proposed for purposes not excluded from the SAL, including $8.5  billion in spending ‑related proposals, the $3.1  billion balance of the SFEU, and about $600  million to repay special fund loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

A Framework for Evaluating State-Level Green Stimulus Proposals

Jan 5, 2021 - Moreover, current estimates suggest the state’s wildfire protection costs will reach at least $3.1 billion in 2020‑21. Projects that improve the health of the state’s forests—such as by employing mechanical thinning and prescribed burning techniques to reduce tree density and combustible fuels—could decrease the intensity and spread of future wildfire ignitions and could mitigate the types of negative impacts the state experienced this past year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4308