The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - It is possible that after conducting its stakeholder engagement process, it will determine that some of those programs represent a higher priority for expansion than adding a new bachelor ’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package also included supplemental reporting language requiring a report —due on or before March  1, 2026, and annually thereafter for three years —on the problems the program was designed to address and how the funds were used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Model Left Unchanged How Colleges Are Funded for Incarcerated Students. The new funding model —known as the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF) —did not change how the state funds incarcerated students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - For example, the Lottery estimated that adding ZNE to its completed Santa Fe Springs District Office added 17  p ercent to the cost of constructing the project. Additionally, the DMV estimated that the cost of adding ZNE to its planned Reedley Field Office facility is expected to add 29  p ercent to the building ’s construction costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - Determining the amount ultimately depends on how the Legislature weighs the goal of achieving state savings versus reducing prison commitments. Modify Maintenance Payment If the state only provides funding based on performance, then SB  678 grant awards would likely decline significantly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - DOF must notify the JLBC of any projects added with estimated costs of greater than $1  million, as well as provide a quarterly report of all additions and removals of projects. Unlike in prior years, the administration ’s proposal includes a provision that would allow departments to use up 10  percent of their allocations —up to $5  million —to conduct assessment of department infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Coordination with nonstate entities —such as federal or local governments —can make projects more complicated to complete, adding several years to project timelines in some cases. Challenges include requirements to acquire permits from multiple agencies and gaining funding commitments from other entities to share in project costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - The weaknesses of the existing SPIF process would be magnified if additional funds are added to the account in the future. The statute governing the SPIF provides the administration with the discretion to establish and fund new projects with JLBC notification rather than legislative approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Ad ditionally, the proposed project includes retail and extra child care space, which also increase costs. DGS also states that the BOE estimate was not as fully developed as its estimate for the Richards Boulevard project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - We find that the concept of addressing state office buildings as part of a larger plan and strategy —rather than on an ad hoc basis —makes sense. However, the proposal provides very little information on the Governor ’s larger plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347