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 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation. The budget provides $11.7  million (FPF) annually in 2024-25 and 2025-26 for the continued implementation of Chapter  163 of 2020 (SB  908, Wieckowski), which requires DFPI to establish a regulatory and licensing system to oversee debt collectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation. The budget provides $11.7  million (FPF) annually in 2024-25 and 2025-26 for the continued implementation of Chapter  163 of 2020 (SB  908, Wieckowski), which requires DFPI to establish a regulatory and licensing system to oversee debt collectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - This net change primarily reflects the expiration of General Fund support for a licensing fee waiver program authorized in the 2020-21 budget package as well as the augmentations described below. General Fund Transfer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

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

Sep 30, 2022 - These excluded expenditures include most IT project development and implementation costs (excluding, for example, independent verification and validation services and training costs) and software licensing costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - The budget includes $1.4 billion from the General Fund over four years for a package of initiatives intended to support ports and goods movement infrastructure, workforce development, and operational efficiency at the state ’s ports Specifically, the package consists of (1) $1.2 billion for the California State Transportation Agency to fund port, freight, and goods movement infrastructure; (2)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - The administration currently counts two major categories of funding to local governments as subventions: the vehicle license fee (VLF) and property tax backfills that the state has provided to locals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

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

Oct 27, 2021 - Because BCC ’s only responsibilities were related to cannabis licensing, the budget also reflects the dissolution of the bureau. The budget package includes $ 294 m illion in funding for the new department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448