The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Given the COLA is not targeted to AP agency operational costs (the component of these programs that faces inflationary costs), the Legislature may want to consider modifying the statutory COLA to better align funding with costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Both our office and the administration project that the state faces a manageable budget problem this year. The Governor addresses the budget problem primarily with spending ‑related solutions, as shown in the figure below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - That said, both our office and the administration anticipate the budget faces deficits in future years. Governor ’s Budget Includes Some Smaller Proposals. The Governor ’s budget includes three categories of discretionary proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2022-23 Budget: State Preschool

Feb 22, 2022 - To the extent that providers have difficulty implementing the 10  percent requirement, the Legislature will also want to consider ways to change the existing program to help address the key barriers that providers face.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4555