The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - As one of the few discretionary spending proposals in the Governor ’s January budget, the elimination of this additional funding frees up General Fund resources in 2024 ‑25 and 2025 ‑26 without reducing core state services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - Because we do not view the business filing fees to be a barrier for new businesses, we recommend that the Legislature reject the proposal —freeing up the funding for other legislative priorities. If the Legislature chooses to approve the proposal, we recommend amendments to budget bill language to clarify legislative intent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - However, the administration indicates that the work could have other benefits, such as improving the quality of health care or reducing unnecessarily bureaucratic processes, thereby freeing up staff time to address other workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The budget package also makes changes to the California Small Business Technical Assistance Expansion Program, which contracts with small business technical assistance centers to help small businesses and entrepreneurs through free or low-cost one-on-one consulting and low-cost training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This foundation operates the Imagination Library, which mails books free of charge to children under age five. Proposition  2 (2024) Workload. The budget provides DGS $59.5  million over 5 years (including $12.5  million in 2025-26) from the 2024 State School Facilities Fund and $356,000 ongoing from various funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - In addition to the $100  million annually that the state makes available for housing tax credits, the budget makes available an additional $500  million one time for tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - The 2023-24 budget authorizes an increase of $100  million in one-time General Fund spending for MHP administered by HCD. The budget action augments previously authorized discretionary funding for the program for a total of $325  million in 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - The Governor ’s budget reflects the proposed delay of $100  million General Fund in last ‑mile project grant funding available through the CASF FFA in 2024 ‑25 by increasing the total planned allocation in 2026 ‑27 by $100   million —from $150  million to $250  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - CalOSBA proposes to consider applications from the 100 grantees who were rejected during the first round and suggest that a new round of grants would allow them to expand the grant to these organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The Legislature could use the funding it frees up from funding fewer proposals to address district cost pressures (such as rising pension costs), or it could set this funding aside in the Proposition  98 Reserve for future allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492