California Budget
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Becerra has eight weeks to staff a government and write a budget. Here is what the transition has to do before Jan. 4
The governor-elect must fill hundreds of appointed posts and propose a state budget by Jan. 10, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office says its first look at that budget arrives Nov. 18.
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Three bond measures, three ways to pay: what Propositions 1, 37 and 38 would cost California
The November ballot asks voters to authorize about $44 billion in bonds for housing, down payments and medical research, but only two of the three would be repaid from the state’s general fund.
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Proposition 2 would double California’s rainy-day fund cap, and the fight is over the spending limit
The Nov. 3 measure would let the state save up to 20 percent of its general fund and keep making extra debt payments through 2040. Supporters call it basic prudence; opponents say it opens a loophole…
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As Medi-Cal shrinks, Bay Area counties rebuild safety nets they scaled back after the Affordable Care Act
Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Alameda and San Francisco are expanding county-run care programs for people expected to lose coverage in 2027, but the documents behind those plans show the money covers only a fraction of the…
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California set a $21,000 Medi-Cal savings limit without a public count of who would lose coverage
Budget documents show how much the state expects to save by lowering the savings cap for older and disabled Medi-Cal enrollees, and how little it has disclosed about who will lose coverage.
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California’s largest state worker union stages its first strike, pressing Newsom on pay and telework
Thousands of members of SEIU Local 1000 walked off the job on Wednesday in Sacramento, Oakland, San Francisco and Los Angeles, and both sides are due back in mediation on Oct. 30 with little sign of…
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California faces a $2 billion food aid bill unless it cuts an error rate. The deciding year just ended.
Federal error-rate data, state budget records and legislative testimony show how a 2025 law is already shifting CalFresh costs to Sacramento and the counties, why California would pay sooner than several states with worse records, and…
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California tax receipts top forecast by $2.9 billion in September as warnings about a fragile base persist
Strong corporate and income tax payments put the state $5.5 billion ahead of budget projections since April, even as the Legislature’s fiscal adviser cautions that the gains rest heavily on a stock market buoyed by artificial…
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California’s tax on software subscriptions leads $14.3 billion in new levies, taxpayer group says
A California Tax Foundation tally finds that Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature approved 67 tax and fee increases over the two-year session, led by a law that extends the sales tax to downloaded and cloud-based…
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California’s own software flagged 28,000 Medi-Cal providers as high risk. It followed up on about 2,000.
A new state audit, two federal inspector general reports and the health department’s own figures show how Medi-Cal’s fraud defenses have not kept pace with a program that now costs about $220 billion a year, and…