The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 16, 2025 - Budget Package Addressed a Nearly $15   Billion Budget Problem. We estimate the Legislature addressed a nearly $15  billion budget problem in the 2025 ‑26 budget package. This  budget problem is slightly higher than the one addressed by the Governor in the May Revision (around $14  billion), and results from two somewhat offsetting differences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5079

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - Major Features of the 2024‑25 Spending Plan This section briefly describes the major spending actions in the 2024 ‑25 budget package, including some actions that were part of the early action package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - Appendix 4, Figure 7 Remaining Large One ‑Time and Temporary Augmentations From the 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 Budget Packages: Resources and Environment General Fund (In Millions) Emergency surge (helitanker contract component) $45 Clean Energy Reliability Investment Plan (SB 846) 100 Diablo Canyon land use planning — Coastal resilience SB 1 implementation 55 Clean Cars 4 All and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788/4

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Significant Changes to Solutions From June 2024 Budget Package Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Package. Some of the largest budget solutions in the June budget package involved the MCO tax, a tax on health plans that supports the Medi ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - The budget package also modifies some CDFA funding that was provided outside of those thematic packages in prior years. Specifically, the spending plan (1)  reduces General Fund resources for fairground and community resilience grants by $2.1  million and (2)  delays $23  million in General Fund resources for enteric methane reduction incentives from 2023-24 to 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - The budget package also modifies some CDFA funding that was provided outside of those thematic packages in prior years. Specifically, the spending plan (1)  reduces General Fund resources for fairground and community resilience grants by $2.1  million and (2)  delays $23  million in General Fund resources for enteric methane reduction incentives from 2023-24 to 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - Zero ‑Emissions Vehicles (ZEV) Package.  The  budget package provides a total of $6.1  billion over five years for ZEV programs. (This amount is in addition to $3.9  billion included in last year ’s budget.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

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

Oct 27, 2021 - Resources and Environment: Discretionary Spending Proposals in the 2021 ‑11 Budget Package General Fund (In Millions) Environmental justice initiative (Climate resilience package) — Emergency response and preparedness: fire crews — Various wildfire resilience programs (Wildfire resilience package) — Waste reduction and recycling programs
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 16, 2023 - The 2023 ‑24 Proposition  98 spending level is not sufficient to fully fund all ongoing spending authorized in the budget package. To cover these costs, the budget package uses $1.9  billion in one ‑time, prior ‑year funding to fund the primary school and community college funding formulas ($1.6  billion for schools and $290  million for California Community Colleges).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4788