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

Flexible Funding to California in the American Rescue Plan

Mar 23, 2021 - The state is not expected to experience a reduction in General Fund revenue in 2020-21 or 2021-22 compared to 2018-19 (the baseline revenue year in the ARP). Specifically, General Fund revenues (excluding constitutional reserve deposits) were $143  billion in 2018-19, while comparable revenues for 2020-21 and 2021-22 currently are estimated to be $158  billion and $161  billion, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4407

New Inflation Poses Not So New Budget Risk

Dec 15, 2022 - Not long after, however, in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation trends and the Fed ’s orientation to them began to reverse. Once it emerged, inflation accelerated throughout 2021 and has remained elevated this year with as yet indeterminate signs of abating.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4653

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - The budget extends the state ’s COVID-19 sick leave policy by three months, from September 30, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The state ’s COVID-19 sick leave policy requires employers to provide workers up to 40 hours of sick leave to use if (1)  under COVID-19 isolation, (2)  attending a vaccine appointment, or (3)  experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds

May 4, 2021 - Rates of infection and death from COVID-19 also have been disproportionate among different groups in California. For instance, while Latinos make up about 40  percent of Californians, they represent 55  percent of COVID-19 cases in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4422

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

Oct 27, 2021 - Control Section 19. 56 i ncludes: $ 19 m illion for workforce and economic development programs; $ 114 m illion for transportation and infrastructure; $ 32 m illion for health and human services programs; $ 260 m illion for parks, recreation, and resources; $ 238 m illion for arts and cultural programs; $ 110 m illion for housing and homelessness; and $ 98 m illion for fire prevention and public safety.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

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

Sep 30, 2022 - Chapter  53 of 2022 (AB  182, Committee on Budget) created the Learning Recovery Emergency Fund, a special fund to assist schools and community colleges in the long-term recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds [Publication Details]

May 4, 2021 - Estimated at approximately $26 billion, the recovery funds should go a long way toward covering the state’s direct and indirect costs arising from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Moreover, beyond a relatively broad set of pandemic-related parameters, the ARP likely provides states with considerable flexibility over how to allocate the funds, presenting the Legislature with a unique opportunity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4422

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The second two —Control Sections 19.56 and 19. 57 —provide appropriations for a variety of legislative priorities. COVID-19 Spending and Control Section 11.91 The 2021 ‑22 Budget Act provides $1.7  billion one time from the General Fund for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452