The 2025-26 Budget: Natural Resources and Agriculture Discretionary Spending Proposals

Feb 18, 2025 - However, an important consideration is that because the Library Pass Program is available to any Californian with a public library card, it is not as closely targeted toward residents with particular demographics as other free park pass progra ms the state operates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4967

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - In 2024, only about 2,900 spring ‑run and 1,400 winter ‑run Chinook were counted while returning from the ocean to spawn. These numbers represent about 25  percent and 8  percent, respectively, of their historic annual averages prior to being listed as threatened or endangered under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2022-23 Budget: Cap-and-Trade Revenue Update

Apr 29, 2022 - (These funds do not count toward the state appropriations limit.) By comparison, the administration’s January cap-and-trade expenditure plan included nearly $1 billion in discretionary expenditures. February Auction Revenue Similar to LAO Base Forecast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4591

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, to avoid double counting previously provided funds or because specific data are not available, we do not include projects for which funding is: (1)  continuously appropriated, such as some bond funds; (2)  reappropriated, which provides additional time for the completion of the project; (3)  reverted, if a project ended or requires modification; (4)  previously
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - First, the administration will stop counting vehicle registration fees as proceeds of taxes. Second, the administration is making an administrative correction of its treatment of school-related deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - To raise awareness of the importance of participating in the 2020 Census, the state appropriated $187.2 million for outreach activities targeting hard‑to‑count households. The California Complete Count Census Office coordinated the communications effort.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Cap-And-Trade Auction Update and GGRF Projections

Dec 6, 2021 - (These funds do not count toward the State Appropriations Limit which, as we discuss in our recent Fiscal Outlook , likely will be a key consideration in the Legislature’s upcoming budget deliberations.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4480

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - Some of the major expenditure cost drivers have included (1)  replacement of older CHP area offices and DMV field offices, (2)  increased employee compensation costs —which have been driven by both increases to staffing levels and growing salary and benefit costs at CHP, (3)  workload related to the issuance of new driver licenses and ID cards that comply with federal standards
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - Also, in 2009, CARB made some changes to the way it counts emissions from electricity imports, which could have contributed to its calculated drop in emissions. A 9  percent reduction occurred from 2019 to 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

The 2022-23 Budget: Wildfire Response Proposals

Jan 28, 2022 - The remaining roughly $603  million of General Fund —almost all of which is proposed on an ongoing basis — would likely count towards the limit. If the Legislature were to reject any of the wildfire response proposals excluded from the SAL calculation, it would generally need to repurpose the associated funding for other SAL ‑related purposes, such as tax reductions or an alternative excluded expenditure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4504