Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - However, using data from the Fiscal Survey of States put together by the National Association of State Budget Officers, California ’s rainy day fund balances are somewhat below average. Figure  7 shows states ’ rainy day funds as a share of total spending in 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Sep 6, 2024 - Second, it transfers a zero ‑emission vehicle program and the California Jobs First program to the Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development and the Precision Medicine Program to the Health and Human Services Agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4922

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Makes Additional Adjustments to Address the Budget Problem. To address the budget problem, the budget also makes several other funding changes: Postpones Infrastructure Funding for the City of Fresno.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 2, 2024 - Makes Additional Adjustments to Address the Budget Problem. To address the budget problem, the budget also makes several other funding changes: Postpones Infrastructure Funding for the City of Fresno.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4934/governors-office-of-emergency-services

The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - As such, the Legislature must determine how to focus its efforts so as to provide information that would be most helpful in making future budget decisions. This section offers some questions to determine how to focus those efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Precision Medicine $10  Million for Depression Research Funding. The budget provides $10  million General Fund in 2022-23 to the California Initiative to Advance Precision Medicine (CIAPM) to fund grants to precision medicine research projects focusing on depression.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

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

Nov 15, 2024 - A nonpartisan and independent assessment of the state ’s fiscal trajectory, developed on its behalf, ensures the Legislature has a credible basis for making its own budget decisions. The added complexity from the alternative revenue estimates making this possible is a worthwhile price to pay.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4938

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Moreover, specific budgetary conditions occurring this year —including legislative action taken last year to withdraw more in reserves this year —make interpretation of the budget position more complex.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Oct 27, 2021 - Drew University medical education buildings — Agriculture and Natural Resources division — UC San Diego Hillcrest Medical Center — UC Riverside School of Medicine operations — Student Academic Preparation and Educational Partnerships — UC Davis Institute for Regenerative Cures — California Institutes for Science and Innovation — UC San Francisco Dyslexia Center — UC Los Angeles
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448/1

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Additionally, this legislation extends and expands the California State Transportation Agency ’s (CalSTA ’s) existing authority to assume the responsibilities of the federal government for the purposes of compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act —making the authority available through the end of 2033 (rather than January 1, 2025) and allowing it to cover certain local and regional transportation projects in addition to state projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814