The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook Executive Summary Not Safe to Bet Artificial Intelligence ( AI) Fueled Exuberance Is Sustainable. Both the California and U.S. economies currently face significant headwinds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

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

Jan 12, 2026 - That said, recent budgets have set the SFEU bet ween $3.5  billion and $4.5  billion, so the Governor ’s budget proposal to set the balance to $4.5  billion is generally in line with recent policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - In addition to the 2024-25 amounts, legislation passed in April 2024 provided $22  million from the General Fund for similar activities that was scored as an amendment to the 2023-24 budget. Modifications to Previous Budget Augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - In addition to the 2024-25 amounts, legislation passed in April 2024 provided $22  million from the General Fund for similar activities that was scored as an amendment to the 2023-24 budget. Modifications to Previous Budget Augmentations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - Together, these scoring differences account for the roughly $27  billion difference in our office ’s accounting of the budget problem and the administration ’s scoring. While we would maintain that our approach more accurately reflects current law, these scoring differences do not reflect substantive differences in state ’s fiscal position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2022-23 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - First, we score all of the savings associated with the enhanced federal share for certain Medicaid programs in 2021 ‑22. (We describe this in more detail in the box nearby, along with other federal pandemic ‑related actions that have notable implications for this year ’s budget condition.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4472

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

Jan 13, 2025 - We understand that while the administration indicates it will provide this payment in the future—after the final calculation of the minimum funding requirement—it also has not scored this future obligation in its multiyear budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - Under our estimates, the state ’s required payments on infrastructure decline by billions of dollars, but because of the way these payments are scored, these changes have no impact on the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4819

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - As a result, these types of tax refunds are scored as spending rather than revenue reductions. The spending plan includes $9.5  billion General Fund for a one-time payment, the Better for Families tax refund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

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
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825/1