The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes a $10  million reappropriation of General Fund originally provided in 2024-25, as well as an extended encumbrance period (through June 30, 2029), for the LEMA system pilot project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2015-16 Budget: Addressing Deferred Maintenance in State Office Buildings [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2015 - The Department of General Services owns and maintains 58 office buildings across the state, and the current backlog of maintenance projects for these buildings totals an estimated $138 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3216

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - As shown in Figure  3, this results in total judicial branch-related CARE program funding of $47.4  million in 2024-25 increasing to $54.3  million annually beginning in 2025-26. Figure 3 Summary of Total CARE Program Funding General Fund (In Millions) Training, Data Collection, and Other Activities 20.2 $106.9 $107.6 CARE = Community Assistance, Recovery, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - UC asserts this partnership will provide the following benefits: (1) faster delivery of the project ’s facilities, (2) construction and maintenance savings, (3) the transfer of certain construction –related risks onto the private entity, and (4) increased budgetary certainty for the maintenance of the facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - Additionally, there are 30 beds in state hospitals that CDCR can refer women to. Due to the specific groups these beds serve, these beds are costlier to operate —about $364,000 annually. CDCR Determines How Many Beds to Operate Based on Projections and Court Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - The proposed formula has three different payments: (1)  a performance payment, (2)  a maintenance payment, and (3)  a minimum guarantee payment. These payments would determine each county ’s total SB  678 grant award.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - These special funds include the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account ($60  million), Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund ($30  million), Board of Registered Nursing Fund ($30  million), Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund ($25  million), Accountancy Fund ($10  million), State Dentistry Fund ($5  million), Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount of the
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - To determine whether additional classroom space is warranted within state prisons, the state needs to know: (1)  how much rehabilitation space is already available within prisons, (2)  the extent to which that space is being used, and (3)  how big of a space deficit or surplus exists at each prison and systemwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - Assuming a bond carries a 5  percent interest rate, the total cost of paying the debt over a 30-year period is close to $2 for each $1 borrowed —$1 for repaying the amount borrowed and close to $1 for interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - (We note that this is a revised estimate from the 30 years identified in the department ’s budget proposal, which DGS subsequently determined included certain errors.) Based on our review, however, DGS ’ 45-year estimate is based on some assumptions that do not appear to be realistic, including: No Discounting of Future Savings and Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758