The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Governor ’s Proposal Shift GCP to DGS. The Governor ’s budget proposes to shift the GCP from VCGCB to DGS. As part of this shift, the budget transfers nine positions and $1.2  million in funding authority to DGS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

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

Mar 11, 2025 - Of the proposed $84  million ongoing for the program in 2026-27, California Volunteers estimates that $45  million would be used for administrative costs (rather than direct student financial aid). Of the $45  million, about half would be for administrative costs at the state level (through California Volunteers) and half would be for administrative costs at the campus level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Over the past 45 days, the JLBC has reviewed the requested allocation alongside the most current project documentation, gathering some of the information shared in this post. This post, however, does not raise any concerns with the requested $10.4  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - This fee-funded program is a key element of the Master Settlement Agreement that California and 45 other states reached with the four largest cigarette manufacturers in 1998. The California Electronic Cigarette Excise Tax Program administers a 12.5  percent tax on retail sales of e-cigarettes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The administration currently estimates that the payback period for this building will be much shorter —45 years. (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.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

COVID-19 Disaster Declarations and Funding Implications

Mar 24, 2020 - This includes $45 billion specifically for COVID-19 related costs appropriated to the DRF by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (H.R. 748), which was signed into law on March 27, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4210

The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - In addition, the portion of their request intended to begin implementation of the SB 3 bond (38 staff) is in line with HCD ’s past request of 45 staff for the first year of implementation of Proposition  1C-a similar housing bond approved by the state ’s voters in 2006.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - (Existing law generally requires local rules to go into effect on January  1 or July 1 of each year and only after 45 days of public comment have occurred.) The rules must be posted prominently on the court ’s website and must be distributed to relevant stakeholders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - Based on the fund condition statement , the administration estimates that this proposal would reduce revenues to the Business Filing Fund by about 45 percent—or $39.8 million. To support SOS operations that are funded by the Business Filing Fund, the administration proposes that the General Fund be used to backfill the special fund with a one‑time General Fund appropriation of $39.8 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - This funding builds on $45  million provided for the program in 2021-22. Direct Housing Assistance Funds Local Cashflow Loans for Emergency Rental Assistance. Chapter  2 of 2021 (SB  115, Skinner) authorized the Department of Finance to provide local governments with cashflow loans in 2021-22 in order to more expeditiously administer qualifying applications seeking assistance
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622