The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - In 1986, voters approved Proposition   58 —a legislative constitutional amendment —which excludes certain property transfers between parents and children from reassessment. A decade later, Proposition  193 extended this exclusion to transfers between grandparents and grandchildren if the grandchildren ’s parents are deceased.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2021-22 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 1, 2021 - According to CAC, it hopes to use the funds to engage around 500 artists and that artwork will be placed in all 58 c ounties to guarantee the largest possible reach. However, it has not provided estimates of the number of people that would be reached by the resulting artworks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4337

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - At the time this post was prepared, the Chief Justice also approved numerous emergency orders requested by the Supreme Court, each of the state ’s six Courts of Appeal, and 54 of 58 trial courts. These orders made various changes in the way the courts requesting them operate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, for example, 85 of 150  mandatory reporters (57  percent) met the DVBE participation goal while 58 (39  percent) did not. (Seven, or 5  percent, made no reportable awards.) Ensuring Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been a Focus Ensuring That Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been an Historical Challenge With Violations Ranging From Inadvertent to Fraudulent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2020-21 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 7, 2020 - Funding would support stipends of roughly $10,000 annually for two years for each participating county (up to all 58 c ounties). Administrative Support ($500,000). Funding would support administrative costs for the two pilots described above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4148

The 2017-18 Budget: Military Department

Feb 10, 2017 - Of the funding amount proposed for CMD in 2017-18, $147  million is from the Public Buildings Construction Fund associated with lease revenue bonds for the Headquarters Complex, $58  million is from the General Fund, and the remainder is mostly from federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3555

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - In 2018, this threshold was $1.46 per person in the state (about $58  million for California) and $3.68 per person in the affected county (about $4,000 in Alpine County and $37  million in Los Angeles County).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - The  $500  million in planned appropriations is net of a proposed $100  million delay and $150  million reduction in otherwise planned appropriations for  2024 ‑25. $500   Million for Statewide Open ‑Access Middle ‑Mile Network Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867