The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In doing so, we recommend that the Legislature weigh all its options ranging from letting the plan proceed as budgeted to rescoping or directing the administration to terminate the contract. If Legislature Moves Forward With the Contract, Require Quarterly Updates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - (Accordingly, the Governor’s budget proposes undoing the $166 million current-year fund shift and letting the MVA reassume the associated costs.) However, several underlying causes of the MVA’s structural deficit remain unaddressed and the account is projected to become insolvent from the 2028-29 budget year onward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Cap-and-Invest: November 2025 Auction Update and 2026-27 Budget Context

Dec 9, 2025 - This revenue level would be insufficient to fully fund the $4.3  billion in statutory allocations under SB  840, let alone the additional $1.5  billion for activities specified in legislative intent discussed above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5096

Personal income tax rates for high-income taxpayers. [Ballot]

Oct 20, 2025 - We estimate the measure would have the following major fiscal effects: Maintains $5  billion to $15  billion of annual state income taxes (in today ’s dollars) by making a tax on high income earners permanent instead of letting it expire in 2031.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-016

Fixing Unemployment Insurance

Dec 2, 2024 - This was not nearly enough to cover the heightened benefit costs that occur during a normal recession, let alone one of this scale, in which about 1 in 5 California workers would eventually receive UI benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4943

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - Second, there is still a lack of information about the standalone Caltrans construction projects that are currently funded, let alone additional construction projects that would be funded by this augmentation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - This brief analyzes the Governor’s budget proposal for Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522

The 2021-22 Budget: May Revenue Outlook [EconTax Blog]

May 17, 2021 - Such growth would be extraordinary in a normal year, let alone during a pandemic. The rapid onset of this revenue surge makes it difficult to pin down its exact causes. That being said, our current understanding is that several factors are at work: Continued Success of Technology Sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/654