California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - After the dot-com bust and the Great Recession, it took four and five years, respectively, for revenues to recover. Incorporating revenue risk into the budget now, therefore, reflects prudence, not pessimism.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - The state ’s appropriations subject to the limit fell substantially during the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s and again during the Great Recession due to the significant decline in state revenues during those downturns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

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

Oct 27, 2021 - In terms of direct assistance to families, the budget uses ( 1) r ealignment funding to provide a 5. 3 p ercent increase to the CalWORKs grant and ( 2) f ederal COVID ‑ 19 r elief funds to provide a one ‑time payment of about $ 640 t o families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

Whether or Not to Tap Reserves to Solve Estimated Budget Problem Emerges as Key Fiscal Decision Facing California’s Legislature

Apr 19, 2023 - Other downturns, such as the 2001 so-called dot-com recession, had severe fiscal implications while inflicting somewhat milder economic damage. The 2008 Great Recession had brutal effects on both the state ’s economy and budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4762

The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Suspension Proposal

Jan 29, 2021 - (Under current law, these payment increases are subject to suspension on July 1, 2021 r ather than December 31, 2021.) Restoration of In ‑Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Service Hours. During the last recession, the state reduced IHSS service hours, but the Legislature reversed this reduction in every year since 2015 ‑16.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4328

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - In March of 2004, on the heels of the dot ‑com bust, voters passed Proposition  58, which created the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA). In the 2006 ‑07 budget, the Legislature deposited $472  million into the BSA and in 2007 ‑08 deposited $1.5  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The budget includes proposals for two new business tax credit  programs: Climate Change Research and Development (R &D) Credit. This new credit would be available to companies headquartered in California that are spending on R &D activities related to mitigating climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Assessment

Feb 15, 2023 - Three of those —the recession in the early 1990s, the dot ‑com bust in the early 2000s, and the Great Recession —resulted in large revenue shortfalls and ensuing multiyear deficits, even for some years after each recession ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4687

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

Oct 27, 2021 - Dymally Institute — Regional K ‑16 education collaboratives — Hastings College of the Law California Institute on Law, Neuroscience, and Education — Hastings College of the Law Alternative campus safety program College savings accounts (General Fund share) — CCC Expanded Entitlement Program ‑ base awards — CCC Expanded Entitlement Program ‑ student parent supplemental awards — Golden State
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