Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Notification Practices are designed to ensure that the state alerts DVBEs when they have been named as part of a bid. This helps the state catch vendors who might be misleading state procurement officials into thinking a DVBE subcontractor is involved in the bid when the DVBE is unaware they have been named.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Mar 18, 2025 - California Competes grants address a valid limitation of the tax credit, namely that some competitive investments in the state may be lost due to an applicant ’s lack of tax liability. Businesses that cannot utilize nonrefundable tax credits, but are candidates for a grant, typically fall into one of two categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure 2 Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH): Key Entities 2025 ‑26 January Budget Request (Dollars in Thousands) Name BCSH Agency Leadership BCSH, Office of the Secretary Oversees the departments, boards, commissions, panels, and other entities within the BCSH agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Mar 11, 2025 - Namely, if the Legislature remains unclear about specifically what “connect[ing] Californians to community and creat[ing] an improved sense of belonging ” means or would look like, assessing and measuring the effectiveness of the proposed $5  million outreach campaign at achieving these goals likely will not be feasible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - As part of his January budget proposal, the Governor proposed legislation to change the name of DBO and broaden the department ’s authority in various ways, such as by allowing it to regulate certain financial products and services that are not currently regulated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

Challenges in Reviewing Recently Released $400 Million Deferred Maintenance Project List

May 11, 2016 - It includes project names, locations, and funding amounts, but generally does not provide other information that would be important for the Legislature to have in order to evaluate projects, such as detailed descriptions of the proposed projects and justifications for why they are needed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3457

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The exercise of legislative powers —namely making budget and policy decisions —can often take time. For example, the Legislature typically deliberates over the annual state budget bill from January until June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Moreover, our assessment applies the recommendations from our overview publication to these proposals—namely, applying a very high bar for all discretionary spending proposals and maximizing one‑time spending reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

A Review of LifeLine Budget Estimates and Enrollment Process

Apr 3, 2019 - Each carrier uses different names and branding for the LifeLine plans they offer. Many of the plans offered do not include the term “LifeLine ” in the name. As a result, some households that enroll through street teams might not know that they are enrolling in a government ‑subsidized program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3995

The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law

Mar 15, 2019 - Namely, the scale of audits cannot address the vast holder under ‑compliance rate. With only a couple of dozen audits conducted each year, SCO cannot change the behavior of the hundreds of thousands of California businesses that are not complying with unclaimed property law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3978