California
State Budget Sources
State Budget Sources: An Annotated Guide to State Budgets, Financial Reports, and Fiscal Analyses is a resource published by the Volcker Alliance designed to help public officials, policy advocates, journalists, academics, and concerned citizens fully understand the critical fiscal decisions that governors and legislators must make. The guide includes the links below to budgets for this state as well as legislative analyses of budget bills and treasurers’ or comptrollers’ monthly state cash-flow statements; capital spending plans; reports on public-worker pension funding and returns; and reports by local and national fiscal research organizations, bond rating firms, and associations of state fiscal and finance officials.
Executive and Other Constitutional Finance Offices
Current and historical budget documents and supplementary material; monthly economic and cash updates (except in January and May).
Accounting, budget process, budget development, and chart of accounts.
Quarterly and annual forecasts for California and the nation.
Budget, accounting, audit, and research reports, including multiyear general fund budget projections.
Financial data reports; debt affordability reports; and a monthly newsletter, Intersections.
Non-Governmental Organizations
Analysis of and commentary on budget and tax issues, with a focus on low- and moderate-income people and on expanding opportunity; part of the State Priorities Partnership, a network of state organizations coordinated by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.
Tax policy, government efficiency, and other fiscal issues, including bonds and state spending; member of the National Taxpayers Conference.
An association founded after passage of the historic property tax reduction measure known as Proposition 13 and dedicated to taxpayer rights and limited taxation.
Emphasis on public policy concerning schools, health, and environment; includes commentary on pension, debt, tax, budget, and other fiscal issues; part of the State Policy Network of state-focused, free market-oriented think tanks.
Research organization focused on improving public policy and whose focus areas include fiscal and governance reform.
Legislative Offices
Comprehensive analysis of budget and other finance and policy issues.
Budget overviews, summary action, and final action reports.