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

Feb 25, 2025 - Since 2017, the state has approved a total of $141.1  million ($7.5  million General Fund and $133.6  million lease revenue bond authority) to construct a 50 ‑bed mental health crisis facility at CIM.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - In 2017, Congress passed legislation that reduced the amount of the individual mandate penalty to zero, effectively making the mandate unenforceable. This change is expected to result in some —likely healthier —individuals dropping their health insurance coverage, leading to higher premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Evaluating the Sale-Leaseback Proposal: Should the State Sell Its Office Buildings? [Publication Details]

Apr 27, 2010 - Over the lives of these buildings, we estimate the transaction would cost the state between $600 million and $1.5 billion. The Legislature will need to weigh how these costs compare to other alternatives for addressing the state’s budget shortfall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2261

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - (The Legislature might exclude one outcome measure —earning a living wage —as it is not applicable to still ‑incarcerated students.) The new funding model could be implemented such that it costs no more or less in total compared to the existing way the state funds incarcerated students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Facilities require routine maintenance and repair to keep them in acceptable condition and to preserve and extend their useful lives. When such maintenance is delayed or does not occur, we refer to this as deferred maintenance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Schools and Community Colleges After Providing Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA), Package Dedicates Most Available Funding to One ‑Time Purposes. Most of the ongoing school and community college augmentations are to cover a 2. 29  p ercent COLA and enrollment changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Legislature Funded Initial Projects in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18. The 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18 Budget Acts included about $870  million in funding —mostly from lease revenue bonds —for the O Street and new Natural Resources Buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

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

May 14, 2018 - Legislature Funded Initial Projects in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18. The 2016 ‑17 Budget Act and 2017 ‑18 Budget Act included about $870  million in funding —mostly from lease revenue bonds —for the O Street and new Resources Buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - (For more information on the cap ‑and ‑trade program, see our February 2017 r eport The 2017‑ 18 Budget: Cap‑and‑Trade.) LAO Assessment We find that a mandate for state buildings to be ZNE is not a necessary or cost ‑effective way for the state to achieve its GHG reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

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

May 15, 2018 - We further note that the state has developed an overarching plan for identifying and addressing capital and ongoing maintenance needs for the state ’s flood system —the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (2017) —and separately proposes an ongoing funding increase to prevent a deferred maintenance backlog from growing in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841