The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - To understand program impacts and to prioritize future investments, employm ent opportunities can be randomly offered to eligible participants when there are more candidates than jobs available. Using program and state administrative data, third-party evaluators can then follow both participants and randomly rejected candidates to determine whether the program improves outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

July 2017 Update: Los Angeles’ Bid for the Olympics and Paralympics

Jul 6, 2017 - The IOC report notes that NBCUniversal has committed to deliver and finance the IBC by 2022 as part of a long-term investment plan, but “there is no confirmed amount of investment for the IBC at this stage. ” In our November report (see page 20 ), we noted that the Governor may wish, in his future contract with Games organizers, to clarify the extent to which
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3695

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - CSAC regularly interacts with campus financial aid offices in the administration of state fin ancial aid programs. California Volunteers has created its own staff and infrastructure to support College Corps, which largely operates outside this existing higher education system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Moreover, more regular and detailed information would give the Legislature greater insight into the work itself, which could be helpful for identifying future savings opportunities. For example, efficiencies in procurement implemented at CDCR could possibly be extended to other departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - Equestrian events were at the Riviera Country Club, and a cycling track was built at the Rose Bowl. Over 1,000 male athletes from about 40 countries were housed at an Olympic Village —with portable houses (sold after the Games) —in Baldwin Hills.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - And those who finance housing require a minimum return on their investment, below which they will chose to invest elsewhere. These factors place a practical limit on how much housing can be set aside for low-income households without making a project infeasible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - These include the following: Investment Program. Regulates the offer and sale of certain financial securities and franchises, and licenses and examines broker-dealers and investment advisors. (Financial securities are tradable financial assets, such as stocks and bonds.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - The main purpose of this RFI2 solicitation is to identify opportunities for joint ‑build construction projects, leases, and/or purchases in place of the remaining standalone Caltrans construction projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Another option the Legislature could consider, particularly for smaller nonreporting entities with fewer procurement staff but consistent interaction with DGS for routine IT purchases, is to request that CDT and DGS evaluate their current division of IT procurement responsibilities and identify opportunities to streamline routine IT procurements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The state sells bonds to investors to receive “up-front ” funding for projects and then repays investors, with interest, over a period of time. When and Why the State Uses Bonds to Finance Infrastructure Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790