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 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - Preliminary Data Show Caseload Has Come in Below Projections. Although few data are yet available from 2020 ‑21, caseload from 2019 ‑20 appears to have come in far below projections. Whereas the budget act assumed 2019 ‑ 20 c aseload would average about 412, 000 p er month, initial data suggest that number was closer to 367,000 (lower even than
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Estimates

Apr 6, 2018 - Incorporating Recently Released Data Reduces State Room. Each year, the California Department of Education (CDE) releases data on school district finances around the middle of February. The most recent release contains actual school district data for 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3800

The 2021-22 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Recent Data on Tax Collections and Expenditures Consistent With Economic Picture. Recent data on actual tax collections and program caseloads have been consistent with a more positive economic picture, especially among high ‑income Californians.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4297

The 2026-27 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - These companies have made big bets on AI, spending hundreds of billions of dollars on data centers and offering extraordinary pay packages to recruit AI researchers. This spending, coupled with sizable gains to investors and tech company employees via stock options, is boosting state income tax receipts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5091

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Office of Data and Innovation Replaces Current Office of Digital Innovation With a New Office of Data and Innovation. Chapter 569 of 2022 (AB 156, Committee on Budget) plans for the replacement of the current Office of Digital Innovation (current ODI) within the Government Operations Agency (GovOps) with a new Office of Data and Innovation (new ODI) organized under GovOps by July 1, 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - On all indicators except self-reported overall health status, California is doing better or about the same as the nation as a whole. a Data from 2013-14. b California data is from 2015 covering ages 12-17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/3

The 2012-13 Budget: Economic and Revenue Update [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2012 - The 2012-13 Budget: Economic and Revenue Update [Publication Details] Video Description: There are plenty of mixed signals in economic data for California’s policymakers, as they continue to craft state and local budgets in a constrained fiscal environment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2578

The 2015-16 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 19, 2015 - Provides One –Time Funds to Develop Consistent Data Policies and Collect Data. The budget provides $25 million Proposition 98 General Fund ($12.5 million to CCC and $12.5 million to CDE) for data collection and reporting.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3302

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - As such, the Legislature typically must rely on the administration to collect and provide data on program delivery and other initiatives. Often, gathering this information from program participants, departments, and other sources takes time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983