The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans

May 27, 2025 - Delta Conveyance Project Background The Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) is the latest proposal to bypass the central Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) to convey water from the northern Delta to pumps south of the Delta as part of the State Water Project (SWP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5053

The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans [Publication Details]

May 27, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: May Revision Trailer Bill Proposals on the Delta Conveyance Project and Water Quality Control Plans [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight [Publication Details]

Mar 18, 2026 - This report discusses the State Water Resources Control Board’s (SWRCB’s) proposed—and long-overdue—update of the water quality control plan for the San Francisco Bay-Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which includes an alternative compliance pathway for certain water users called voluntary agreements (VAs, also known as Healthy Rivers and Landscapes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5163

The Bay-Delta Plan and Voluntary Agreements: Ensuring Effective Legislative Oversight

Mar 18, 2026 - Two massive water infrastructure projects —the State Water Project (SWP) and the Central Valley Project (CVP) —move water from the Delta to Central and Southern California for municipal and agricultural purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5163

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - This would fund the construction phase of this demolition project. (As noted above, the Governor proposed funding the working drawings phase for this project in his January budget for 2018 ‑19.) LAO Assessment Reasonable to Set Aside Funding for Priority Projects, and Projects Appear Reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - This allowed the PMO to test the potential of the centralized project management approach and build the reputation and capacity of the office gradually, with the intention of scaling up to larger, more com plex projects once the office was more established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process

Feb 17, 2017 - Legislative Role and Decision Points Following Project Approval. After a project has been approved and funded, the Legislature has a key oversight role regarding the state ’s IT project portfolio. It can require periodic updates regarding the status of IT projects of key interest or projects that have experienced prior challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3562

The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - What change management efforts will be necessary to implement this proposed project? How will the project team coordinate these efforts to modernize how the state performs its payroll functions? How will the administration mitigate risks and address issues to avoid the outcome of the 21st Century Project, the predecessor to the proposed CSPS IT project?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - While the process currently only applies to GenAI projects, the administration expects to add additional technology projects (including state IT projects) to PDL in the future. Figure  3 provides a high-level graphical representation of the new PDL process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details]

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
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