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

Feb 25, 2025 - Based on its theory of action and high ‑level implementation plan, the administration should be able to articulate how it would know if the model is working as expected. Specifically, the department should be able to articulate how the metrics it is tracking would logically be affected by the California Model and how it would know if trends in those metrics are indeed caused by the California Model as opposed to oth er factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

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

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

May 15, 2018 - Moreover, the administration has not identified a long-term plan for working through the rest of the deferred maintenance backlog. LAO Alternative Approach Set Funding Aside for Future Appropriation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

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

Jan 13, 2020 - How will the CAAHS Fund, other components of the 2020 ‑21 homelessness package, and existing programs work collaboratively to address homelessness? Medi‑Cal Healthier California for All Funds “Medi ‑Cal Healthier California for All ” Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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 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 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

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The Future of Work Commission, established by executive order on May 1, 2019, will “evaluate the state ’s economy to understand and forecast how technological and economic developments will impact workers, workforce needs, [and] regional economics and industries. ” It is unclear when the commission will present its final recommendations, but a progress report is to be submitted to the Legislature in 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101