The 2025-26 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor's May Revision

May 17, 2025 - Key proposals include limiting provider overtime and travel hours in the IHSS program (about $700  million, growing to nearly $900  million), reducing Medi ‑Cal payments to clinics that serve patients with unsatisfactory immigration status ($450  million, growing to $1.1  billion), and eliminating certain long ‑term care facility benefits for this population (about $300  million, growing to $800  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - . $800   Million in Other Differences. Across the rest of the budget, our estimates of baseline spending —for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases —and constitutional requirements —for example, for infrastructure and deposits into reserves —differ , on net, by $800  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Overall, we estimate that underlying changes in caseload and spending per person will increase General Fund spending in Medi-Cal in 2019-20 by roughly $800  million. Expiration of Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Current MCO Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Beginning in 2019 ‑20, the assumed expiration of funding for the bulk provider payment increases will leave balances of between $800  million and $900  million to fund year-over-year ongoing growth in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - We note that budget ‑related legislation stipulates that all increases to provider payments using Proposition  56 funding in 2018 ‑ 19 —that are intended to total up to $800   million —may be adjusted by the Department of Finance based on the state ’s fiscal condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/6

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - The largest include: a nearly $800 million reduction to state departments’ operation budgets, proposed to be allocated through departments’ vacancy rates; about $500 million in savings to continue an existing two‑week delay in Medi‑Cal payments; a $500 million reduction to the school facilities aid program; and a $350 million reduction to legislative district projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook

May 19, 2017 - Compared to the administration: (1) our office estimates the state will end 2016-17 with about $1 billion more in revenue and (2) our office’s estimate of state General Fund spending on schools and community colleges is nearly $800 million lower in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3675

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - However, the budget does not include funding to support new programs or projects from the 2015‑16 revenue that will not be continuously appropriated (about $800  million) or from unspent revenue generated in prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

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

Sep 30, 2022 - The spending plan includes about $800  million in new discretionary spending that counts as a subvention and $115  million in new discretionary spending that counts as a federal or court mandate. (The spending plan also begins excluding billions of dollars in existing spending as subventions as a result of an expansion of the definition of subvention, which we discuss in the next section.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2020-21 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2020 - This results in savings of roughly $ 800  m illion in 2020 ‑21, but higher debt service costs over time. Uses Federal Funds Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) Provides Funding for COVID ‑19 ‑Related Expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4232