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 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The budget includes $150  million General Fund one time to establish the California Venues Grant Program. Under this program, CalOSBA will make grants of up to $250,000 to independent venues and related businesses whose operations were disrupted by the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

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

Oct 27, 2021 - The budget provides GO ‑Biz $ 600 m illion ($ 95 m illion ARP fiscal relief funds and $ 505 m illion General Fund) for a variety of new and existing programs that offer financial and technical assistance to businesses, including a new California Competes grant program, financial assistance to performance venues, tourism promotion, and support for small and underserved businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - However, a later federal law extended the PPP and adopted two new relief programs —the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program. The budget package assumes that conforming to the federal tax treatment of these later programs will reduce revenues by $290  million in 2021-22, $304  million in 2022-23, and $179  million 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

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

Jan 13, 2022 - In late 2020 and early 2021, the federal government created two new grant programs, the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) and the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF), to provide additional fiscal relief to businesses that were especially impacted by the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492