The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - These companies have made big bets on AI, spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and offering extraordinary pay packages to recruit AI researchers. This spending, coupled with sizable gains to investors and tech company employees via stock options, is boosting state income tax receipts.
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 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CAC = California Arts Council; CalVet = California Department of Veterans Affairs; CDE = California Department of Education; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDI = California Department of Insurance; CDT = California Department of Technology; SOC = Security Operations Center; IT = information technology; CMD = California Military Department; CPUC = California
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/6

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Office of Data and Innovation Replaces Current Office of Digital Innovation With a New Office of Data and Innovation. Chapter 569 of 2022 (AB 156, Committee on Budget) plans for the replacement of the current Office of Digital Innovation (current ODI) within the Government Operations Agency (GovOps) with a new Office of Data and Innovation (new ODI) organized under GovOps by July 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Of the remaining $89 million General Fund in 2023-24, $31.2 million is appropriated for CDT to continue temporarily mitigating State Data Center IT service rate increases as the department reassesses its current rate structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - These firms have invested heavily in building out data centers and on extraordinary pay packages for their key employees. This spending, along with gains to investors, has turbo-charged state income tax receipts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The department ’s Office of Information Security (OIS) operates the state ’s SOC, which continuously monitors and reacts to any threats on the California Government Enterprise Network, the state government ’s primary enterprise network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

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

Nov 16, 2022 - High inflation has resulted in delays as developers have needed to spend more time securing additional capital—above what was originally anticipated—to finance the projects before construction can begin.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

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

Oct 27, 2021 - CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; CDE = California Department of Education; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; GF = General Fund; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDTFA = California Department of Tax and Fee Administration; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; DCC = Department of Cannabis Control; DFPI = Department of Financial Protection and Innovation;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - As such, the Legislature typically must rely on the administration to collect and provide data on program delivery and other initiatives. Often, gathering this information from program participants, departments, and other sources takes time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983