The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - OES reports spending $334  million out of SETNA between 2013 ‑14 and 2016 ‑17 for both legacy and Next Generation 911. 2018 ‑ 2019 —Implementation Funding Requested, Plans Outlined. The 2018 ‑19 budget package provided $11.5  million in 2018 ‑19 (increasing annually to $83.6  million in 2022 ‑23) from SETNA and six positions for OES to build out and support the Next Generation 911 system and maintain the legacy 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Figure  3 shows the distribution of the 36 states by the amount of time in which their Governors or Legislatures must act. At the federal level, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) was enacted in 1976 to rein in presidential emergency powers and provides that a national emergency will end automatically after one year unless the President publishes a notice of renewal in the Federal Register.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - In 2018-19, CCAP asserted that in light of the thousands of applications that were being received by DCC at the time, that “hundreds of appeals ” would follow. In actuality, CCAP reports that the panel heard no cases that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 8, 2018 - The program authorizes the issuance of bonds backed by personal income tax revenues raised under the Mental Health Services Act (Proposition  63 of 2004). Before these bonds can be issued, the state must complete a validation process whereby the courts determine whether issuance of the bonds is legal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's Cannabis Proposals

Feb 14, 2017 - This amount would be in addition to a total of $45.5  million projected to be loaned from the General Fund in 2015 ‑16 and 2016 ‑17, including the loans authorized under MCRSA ($10  million), the 2016 ‑17 Budget Act ($30.5  million), and Proposition  64 ($5  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3556

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - The act suspends student payment on federal student loans held by ED for six months (through September 30, 2020). These loans will not accrue interest during this period. The act also suspends collections for loans in default.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - (We note that in addition to departmental budgetary savings noted above, Control Section 4.05 also reduced state General Fund expenditures at the university systems.) 2025-26 Budget Act Authorized Up to $20  Million for Contract Initially Estimated to Achieve $2  Billion General Fund Annual Savings Across Three Departments by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - By comparison, the average number of certified DVBEs between the 2017 ‑18 and 2023 ‑24 fiscal years was 1, 774 —ranging from a low of 1,623 in 2018 ‑19 to a peak of 2,070 in 2020 ‑21. The number of certified DVBEs with active state contracts is somewhat unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2018-19 Budget: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2018 - In this analysis, we assess two proposals for OES included in the Governor ’s 2018 ‑19 budget: (1)  the California Earthquake Early Warning (CEEW) system and (2)  the California Disaster Assistance Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3782