The 2023-24 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 15, 2023 - CARB = California Air Resources Board; BHC= Baldwin Hills Conservancy; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources, Recycling and Recovery; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; CPUC = California Public Utilities Commission; CVC = Coachella Valley Conservancy; DFW = D epartment of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4769/1

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = Department of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/7

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CARB = California Air Resources Board; FARMER = Funding Agricultural Replacement Measures for Emission Reductions; CEC = California Energy Commission; Go ‑Biz = Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development; DOC = Department of Conservation; DTSC = Department of Toxic Substances Control; DWR = Department of Water
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788/4

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Create New, More Robust and Flexible Deposit Rules The Legislature could first consider asking voters to replace Proposition 2’s existing framework for deposit rules with something entirely different.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

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

Oct 27, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW = Department of Fish and Wildlife; DOC
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - The second would extend new eligibility rules (such as work requirements) for certain federally funded population s to additional immigrant groups with state ‑only ‑funded comprehensive coverage. The proposals reduce costs by around $900  million in 2026 ‑27, with savings in future years ramping up to a few billion dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - CEQA = California Environmental Quality Act; DWR = Department of Water Resources; Caltrans = California Department of Transportation; CDFW = California Department of Fish and Wildlife; and I ‑Bank = Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

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

Nov 16, 2022 - In one particularly telling, although narrow, example, the California Department and Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) reported that one project appropriated in the 2020‑21 budget—a pest eradication capital outlay project—experienced a 25 percent increase in estimated cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Apr 26, 2021 - First, it created new rules for minimum annual deposits into the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA), the state ’s rainy-day fund. Second, Proposition  2 created new requirements that the state spend a minimum amount each year, until 2030, to pay down specified debts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4418

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

Jan 29, 2021 - In the past, courts have issued temporary injunctions preventing the state from making reductions to Medicaid personal care services programs, including IHSS, due to possible violation of federal Medicaid and ADA rules.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4328