The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook Executive Summary Not Safe to Bet Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Fueled Exuberance Is Sustainable. Both the California and U.S. economies currently face significant headwinds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - That said, recent budgets have set the SFEU bet ween $3.5  billion and $4.5  billion, so the Governor ’s budget proposal to set the balance to $4.5  billion is generally in line with recent policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - These program changes generally were collectively bargained between the s tate and Child Care Providers United (CCPU) for represented child care and State Preschool providers and, for parity sake, extended to remaining child care and State Preschool providers (with the exception of the health, retirement, and training funds, which is limited to CCPU-represented providers).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - In contrast, oversight of larger programs with multiple facets and program components can be more successful if the programs are broken down into key pieces. For example, oversight of homeless encampment resolution grants likely could be done comprehensively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

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

Nov 15, 2024 - But since macroeconomic dynamics are multifaceted and context dependent, successfully predicting the scenario that will play out is virtually impossible. Consider as evidence that in just the last several years —during and after the COVID-19 pandemic —consensus macroeconomic forecasts have been wildly off from actual outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - For community colleges, the budget also provides (1)  $50  million ongoing for caseload increases in the Student Success Completion Grant program and (2)  $25  million ongoing to increase enrollment by 0.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The 2021 ‑22 budget agreement included a commitment to provide $300   million ongoing General Fund beginning in 2022 ‑23 for public health “infrastructure ” —the workforce, training, data and information technology systems, partnerships, and other resources needed to successfully carry out core public health functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2022-23 Budget: Fiscal Outlook for Schools and Community Colleges

Nov 17, 2021 - To address high living costs for students, the state could increase ongoing funding for financial aid (such as by augmenting funding for the Student Success Completion Grant, which supports eligible low ‑income students attending college full time) or provide one ‑time or ongoing funds to support food and housing insecure students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4473

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - Other: Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2021 ‑22 Budget Package General Fund (In Millions) California Creative Corps Pilot Program — Creative Youth Development Grant Programs — San Francisco Chinatown Media and Arts Collaborative property acquisition — English as a second language programs — Outreach Grants to Ethnic Media Program — Online tutoring for K ‑12 students — Inland Congregations
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - Key factors contributing to the current uncertainty include the degree to which businesses and workers begin to expect heightened inflation in future years, the degree to which actions by the Federal R eserve to reduce inflation are successful, and changes in geopolitical events affecting food and energy prices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647