The 2026-27 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 12, 2026 - Some of the largest spending augmentations proposed for the budget window include: (1) $76 million for utility replacement and site improvements at Exposition Park, (2) $67 million to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for fixed‑wing aircraft pilot and mechanics contract increases, (3) $60 million to the Department of Health Care Access and Information for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5101

The 2023-24 Budget: Considering Inflation's Effects on State Programs

Nov 16, 2022 - For example, child care vouchers are based on a survey of market child care costs, however, the Legislature must adopt new rates based on those surveys in order to adjust the value of the vouchers for inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4647

A Framework for Allocating Federal Recovery Funds

May 4, 2021 - Other potential examples include child care, homelessness, housing affordability, student achievement gaps, and broadband access, among others. Develop a Plan. Given the significant direct assistance already provided by the federal government to individuals, businesses, and local governments, we recommend the Legislature take time to develop a plan for the allocation of the fiscal recovery funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4422

New Inflation Poses Not So New Budget Risk

Dec 15, 2022 - While some spending areas, such as the Local Control Funding Formula and Medi-Cal managed care rates, include formulaic adjustments that automatically take inflation into account, others do not. For the many state programs that do not adjust automatically, appropriations are fixed at their existing level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4653

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

May 17, 2025 - According to the administration, this growth is largely due to higher ‑than ‑anticipated per ‑enrollee costs, which reflects a range of factors like greater utilization of services, increased prices for medical care, and expanded use of high ‑cost specialty drugs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5044

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes $750  million for the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to provide grants to counties for the acquisition and rehabilitation of properties to expand behavioral health treatment resources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Jan 13, 2024 - This includes: using nearly $4 billion in revenue from the managed care organization tax to offset General Fund costs in Medi‑Cal and shifting $1.8 billion in costs for multiple programs from the General Fund to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825

The 2024-25 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2024 - We take this approach in order to provide the Legislature visibility into the full scope of the administration ’s choices. The remainder of this section walks through the sources of our differences with the administration and how those differences impact the budget problem estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4902

The 2021-22 Budget: The Governor’s Suspension Proposal

Jan 29, 2021 - If the Legislature rejected the Governor ’s proposal to maintain the suspensions, without taking any other actions, the size of the operating deficit would increase by $1. 3  b illion in 2022 ‑23. Figure 3 shows the costs of rejecting the Governor ’s proposal in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4328

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Given cash budgeting in Medi ‑Cal, we expect the phase out of General Fund savings to take two years. Between 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23, we project the phase out will raise General Fund costs in Medi ‑Cal by $1.7 billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474