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

Feb 27, 2026 - Although the underlying technologies that enabled the legacy 911 system stayed (relatively) constant for a period, the advent and diffusion of IP ‑based technologies invite a more dynamic view. In other words, at least theoretically, an IP ‑enabled 911 system has the technological capacity to incorporate new and innovative features, applications, data, software, and hardware.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - We discuss our understanding of additional information that the administration shared with us in late February 2026 in the bullet points below. Given the work is ongoing, it is possible that some of this information is now out of date.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - However, other departments indicated that they could not share with us any information about current-year implementation of the identified savings at this time and that more information would be submitted to the Legislature in the spring.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Lack of data prevents us from determining the effects of the policy on prime contractors ’ compliance with DVBE program rules. Additionally, stakeholders have raised concerns about the $10,000 withholding amount —arguing it may be too small to influence behavior on large contracts and too large for small businesses to manage —though current evidence is inconclusive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - Their recommendations led to the All of Us Research Program , which is building a diverse database of genomic and health data to help advance precision medicine biomedical research. All of Us intends to gather health data from more than one million people across all backgrounds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2018-19 Budget: Review of Fair Political Practices Commission Budget and Workload

May 7, 2018 - The FPPC was able to provide us some additional data, but—as we discuss later—key workload metrics for the largest division currently do not exist. The act directs the Legislature to appropriate as many resources “as may be necessary to carry out the provisions” of the act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3822

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - It seems highly unlikely to us that permanently reducing roughly $1 in every $10 spent on state operations would have no effect on services. Unclear How to Reconcile State Operation Reductions Alongside Budget Change Proposals for Increased State Operations and Positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2019-20 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 5, 2019 - Our office has requested certain information from the administration and will share it with legislative staff and others who may request it from us, but there might be individual issues for which members require additional information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3958

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - However, Go ‑Biz was unable to provide us with business ‑level demographic data on grant recipients. (We understand that Go ‑Biz cannot request this data from Lendistry because it was not part of the original contract with the entity.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

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

Feb 28, 2020 - The administration recently informed us that it is likely to revise the Fresno ‑Merced innovation corridor proposal. However, the details of a revised proposal had not been made public at the time this analysis was prepared.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4187