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The 2023‑24 Budget California’s Fiscal Outlook outlines scenarios for the projected deficit of the State of California budget:
- Reductions in Temporary Spending.
- Assume the Legislature enacts no new policies over the period.
- General Fund spending would grow from $227 billion in 2023‑24 to $246 billion in 2026‑27—an increase of about $20 billion or an average annual growth of 2.9 percent.
- Faster growth in ongoing programs would total nearly $35 billion over the period 2023-2027
- education
- employee compensation
- health and human services programs, would total nearly $35 billion over the period
- This growth is offset by about $15 billion in lower spending in other areas
- natural resources
- transportation
- housing.
The 2023-24 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook
State Faces Operating Deficits Over the Multiyear Period. The $25 billion budget problem the state faces in 2023‑24, the state faces annual operating deficits which decline from $17 billion to $8 billion by 2026‑27.
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