The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget $3,135 $4,677 BCH = Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program; FHC = Family Homelessness Challenge Grants; BSCC  =  Board of State and Community Corrections; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of
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The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Aug 30, 2021 - The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit The 2021-22 California Spending Plan The State Appropriations Limit In the late 1970s, voters passed Proposition  4 (1979), which added Article XIIIB to the State Constitution.
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The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - The State Appropriations Limit Introduction In the late 1970s, voters passed Proposition  4 (1979), which added Article XIIIB to the State Constitution. Article XIIIB established an appropriations limit on the state and most types of local governments.
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The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - The Constitution allows refunds of taxes to be excluded from appropriations subject to limit (see: Section 8(a) of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution). As a result, these types of tax refunds are scored as spending rather than revenue reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - Accordingly, we have adopted terminology that more transparently reflects the underlying natur e of these budget solutions, if not always their precise  mechanics.) Major categories of borrowing in the budget  include: Medi ‑Cal Maneuver ($4.4   Billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 16, 2022 - Finally, the Legislature can follow the provisions of Section  2 of Article XIIIB of the Constitution. Specifically, if appropriations subject to the limit exceed the limit on net across two years, the state must allocate the excess equally between taxpayer refunds and additional education spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4598

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - Eligible businesses include those that organize, promote, produce, or host live concerts, comedy shows, sporting events, and theater productio ns. In addition, these businesses must show that their revenues declined by at least 70  percent following the onset of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

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

Nov 16, 2022 - Consequently, adjustm ents for increases in lease costs and OE &E are driven by legislative decisions. Lump Sums to Other Entities. In some other areas of the budget, the state provides lump sum amounts —sometimes referred to as block grants —to other entities of government, which those entities manage as part of their own budgets.
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The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - It requires each plan to coordinate homelessness funding and services across the region, assign specific roles and responsibilities to each party to the plan, and set forth key actions that each party will tak e to reduce and prevent homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Assessment

Feb 15, 2023 - The state could reform th e underlying tax structure to make it less volatile, which nearly certainly would involve reducing tax rates for higher ‑income earners. Or, the state could address volatility by building reserves —funds that can be saved during upswings and spent during downturns.
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