The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal

Feb 4, 2022 - For a complete list of all proposals, see: https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2022/4492/Overview‑Appendix‑011422.pdf . SAL = state appropriations limit; EDD = Employment Development Department; UI = Unemployment Insurance; BCH Agency = Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; IT = information
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4515

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - A funding shortfall is distinct from a budget deficit, which occurs when revenues are insufficient for the state to pay for all of its currently authorized services (not just core services). The nearby box describes this difference in more detail.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - Fiscal oversight is distinct from other important types of legislative oversight —such as authorizing audits that determine the degree to which the administration is implementing programs in accordance with law, or investigating potential instances of waste, fraud, or abuse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan includes two other significant broadband infrastructure items: $63.6  Million Increase in CPUC ’s California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Local Assistance Expenditure Authority. The CPUC is statutorily authorized (through the end of 2032) to annually collect up to $150 million in surcharge revenues for CASF program grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - The spending plan includes two other significant broadband infrastructure items: $63.6  Million Increase in CPUC ’s California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) Local Assistance Expenditure Authority. The CPUC is statutorily authorized (through the end of 2032) to annually collect up to $150 million in surcharge revenues for CASF program grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

California's Legislative Analyst's Office and the Value of Independence

Nov 15, 2024 - An independent assessment of the state ’s existing spending commitments helps equip the Legislature to consider the full scope of the fiscal choices before it —critical insight for the branch of government with constitutional authority over appropriations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - Previously enacted budgets authorized significant, albeit primarily one ‑time and temporary, funding for housing and homelessness, including authorizing some spending actions for 2024 ‑25. The 2024 ‑25 spending plan reduces much of the one ‑time, unspent funding for several major housing programs by a total of $1.4  billion General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 20, 2024 - Pension Board Has Full Rate Setting Authority. The CalPERS Board has full rate ‑setting authority to establish required employer contributions. As we discuss later in this analysis, employers may not pay less than the amount established by CalPERS; however, employers can choose to pay more than the CalPERS Board establishes as the actuarially determined contribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4887

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

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - (The Delta conveyance project and desalination projects are exempted from this authority.) The legislation also authorizes Caltrans to use job order contracting for certain maintenance and other activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814