The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Proposed Process to Achieve 10  Percent Reduction Starts Late and Seems Inefficient. It is our understanding that DOF would not start the process to work with departments to identify savings until the fall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - The list of identified savings that the administration provided to the Legislature provides very high-level information and does not fully meet the reporting requirements specified under the control sections for the January 10 reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2016-17 Budget: Precision Medicine Research Funding

Mar 18, 2016 - Why $10 Million? The proposal provides insufficient information for the Legislature to judge whether $10 million is a proper amount of state funding. How many projects are intended to be funded and at what cost?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3396

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - For the purposes of the state DVBE program, a “disabled veteran ” is defined as a veteran of the U.S. military, naval, or air service, who has a service ‑connected disability rating of at least 10  percent, and resides in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature require the department to report by January 10, 2024 o n how actual workload compares to the level of workload assumed for each position approved for S B   908 i mplementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics - Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics November 10, 2016
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=105

COVID-19 and the National Guard

Apr 8, 2020 - We also note that unlike authorizations made under Title 10, guardsmembers serve under the direction of the Governor under Title 32 —giving the state greater control over how the guardsmembers are employed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4218

Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State's Lost and Found Program - Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State's Lost and Found Program [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State 's Lost and Found Program February 10, 2015 Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Miller provides information about California 's unclaimed property law as a companion piece to the LAO 's report Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State's Lost & Found Program .
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/player?playlistId=19

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - The CARES Act also provided $10  billion to the EIDL program to provide emergency grants of up to $10,000 to small businesses that applied for a disaster loan. In April 2020, H.R. 266 provided an additional $10  billion for these emergency grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215