The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - The budget package also includes the following notable changes: $5  million one-time General Fund for use over five years (1)  to coordinate and assist local and tribal law enforcement agencies in the identification and investigation of missing and murdered indigenous individuals and (2)  for DOJ to act as a liaison between tribal governments, families, and other law enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Both agencies, however, likely could accommodate the minor additional workload and minor associated costs within their existing budgets. This is because both agencies already need to collect much of the specified data for other purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The Facility Condition Assessments determined that the Unruh and Bateson Buildings were in poor condition and ranked them as the fifth and sixth worst condition state office buildings in Sacramento, respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Because PAL requires more work upfront to complete , it generally takes longer for agencies and departments to complete than the state ’s former IT project approval process. If an agency or department anticipates that the development and implementation of an IT project could start in the same fiscal year as the project completes PAL, an agency or department could ask for funding before the project is approved by CDT.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

Counties and Design-Build [Publication Details]

Jan 7, 2014 - Nonetheless, when the Legislature next considers extending design-build authority for counties or other local agencies, we recommend that it consider some changes such as creating a uniform design-build statute for agencies that have design-build authority, eliminating cost limitations, and requiring project cost to be a larger factor in awarding design-build contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2818

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - However, as described above, the history of the November 2006 bonds highlights that there are a number of reasons for lags in selling bonds that are not necessarily problematic or within the control of state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - The Food and Agriculture Annex has been vacant for several years due to building deficiencies, the State Capitol Annex is aging and outdated, and the Natural Resources Building was ranked as the highest priority building for renovation or replacement in the Assessment Report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

Counties and Design-Build [Publication Details]

Jan 12, 2010 - Although it was difficult to draw conclusions from the reports received about the effectiveness of design-build compared to other project delivery methods, we do not think that the reports provide any evidence that would discourage the Legislature from granting design-build authority to local agencies on an ongoing basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2161

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - In recent years, the state has built substantial infrastructure to address homelessness, particularly within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Why has the administration decided to establish the CAAHS Fund within DSS?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Deferred Maintenance in State Facilities [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 1993 - This reprint from our Analysis of the 1993-94 Budget Bill discusses the problem of deferred maintenance in state facilities. State agencies that control significant state assets have developed a deferred maintenance backlog totaling $820 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1947