Last week the Legislature passed a 2016 supplemental operating budget. We review the budget in a new policy brief. Briefly:

• 2015–17 NFGS+ spending will increase by $190.9 million.
• Biennial spending increases to $38.223 billion.
• The supplemental does not increase taxes.
• It appropriates $189.5 from the rainy day fund for wildfire costs.
• It balances over four years.
• In 2017–19, $227.4 million will be transferred from the public works assistance account to the NGFS+.

Additionally, we talked about the budget in the latest episode of Policy Today.