The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget assumes reductions to CDFA ’s budget of $11  million ($9.8  million General Fund) authorized by Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the budget act. This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26. The Governor ’s budget reduces this amount by $1.3  billion through 2025 ‑26. The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Office of Emergency Services: Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5151

The 2020-21 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 28, 2020 - As proposed, the Governor ’s proposal would allow the Director of DOF to approve up to $1. 5  m illion in funding for Cal  Expo without notifying the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC). In our view this does not allow for sufficient legislative oversight of the expenditure of these funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4187

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - BCG is expected to develop and pilot an analytical model that could save money in Medi-Cal by detecting pre-payment fraud, reducing improper claims, and flagging areas of possible waste and abuse. Workstream 5: DHCS —Hospital Financing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - H.R. 1319, which was signed by President Biden on March  11, 2021, provided $28.6  billion for a new grant program for restaurants and additional funding for small business financial assistance. Figure  1 summarizes the major business assistance provisions of these four federal economic stimulus bills.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

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

Mar 11, 2025 - College Corps provides each participating college student with up to $10,000 of financial aid for completing 450 hours of community service. The program currently partners with 45 campuses and serves about 3,400 students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Chapter   80 of 2020 (S B   588 , Archuleta) —which, among other things, directs state entities to withhold up to $10,000 from the final payment otherwise due to a prime contractor if that prime contractor does not certify various pieces of DVBE ‑related information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - Following a series of workers ’ compensation reforms in 2004 and 2012, the number of new subsequent injury workers ’ compensation claims has roughly doubled and the benefit payments increased from $20.9  million in 2010-11 to $67.4  million in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

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

Feb 7, 2022 - This has resulted in significant sums of money being transferred from the Business Fees Fund to the General Fund. For example, between 2011 ‑12 and 2020 ‑21, the General Fund received $179  million from the special fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516