California’s Strong Revenue Trends Mask Looming Budget Risk

Jan 23, 2026 - These firms have invested heavily in building out data centers and on extraordinary pay packages for their key employees. This spending, along with gains to investors, has turbo-charged state income tax receipts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5104

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Trailer legislation also specifies legislative intent to link the RMR to the 85th  percentile of the most recent market survey based on available funding. Slots Budget Package Increases Funding for State Preschool Slots.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/4

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - For California, the dot ‑com era —when stocks rose and then fell precipitously in response to widespread adoption of the internet —offers the most salient example. The internet has proven to be a transformative technology and, yet, the stock market ’s initial reaction was clearly overly exuberant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2019-20 May Revision: Sales Tax Exemptions for Diapers and Menstrual Products

May 12, 2019 - Such data could help the Legislature monitor these policies. On the other hand, such data collection requirements could be burdensome for retailers and CDTFA. The analysis that the Governor ’s proposal would require our office to submit by January 1, 2021 would be limited by CDTFA ’s current data collection practices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4040

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Grant recipients also must commit to provide program data and participate in an evaluation. Funds Annual Inspections of Licensed Child Care Providers. The budget provides $ 26  m illion federal funds to inspect licensed child care providers more frequently.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/4

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Beginning January  1, 2017, the state increased the reimbursement rates for providers from rates based on a mix of data from the 2005 and 2009 surveys to the 75th  percentile of the 2014 survey, ensuring subsidized families could access three ‑fourths of the child care providers in their areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/4

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - These slots will have full ‑year costs of $305  million beginning in 2025 ‑26. The  budget also modifies and adds into statute details related to the multiyear slot expansion plan. (In 2021 ‑22, the Legislature and Governor agreed to add 206,500 child care slots by 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Legislature, however, might consider more targeted initiatives linked with specific goals. For example, it could link any one ‑time workforce funding to helping with a transition to a new child care reimbursement rate system and/or higher minimum program standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Oct 27, 2021 - CWDB = California Workforce Development Board; CDE = California Department of Education; COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment; GF = General Fund; CDFA = California Department of Food and Agriculture; CDTFA = California Department of Tax and Fee Administration; CTC = Commission on Teacher Credentialing; DCC = Department of Cannabis Control; DFPI = Department of Financial Protection and Innovation;
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The amount represents the fourth year of funding for research on precision medicine, which aims to improve health care through better use of advanced computing, technology, and data. Funds in previous years generally have supported projects researching new technologies and data tools to monitor and diagnose certain health issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/5