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

Jan 13, 2020 - First, the Governor proposes putting a $4. 8  b illion bond before voters in November 2020 t o fund a variety of activities intended to help the state mitigate and prepare for the effects of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Over 1.2  million veterans —about 8  percent of the total U.S. veteran population —call California home. Approximately 380,000 California veterans (about 30  percent) have a service ‑connected disability, which is defined as a disability that was caused (or made worse) by military service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2025 - Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details] Description: As required by Chapter 80 of 2020 (SB 588, Archuleta), this brief reviews California’s Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5095

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - Funding for CCAP was reauthorized twice (in 2020-21 and 2023-24), each time on a three-year, limited-term basis. The revised 2025-26 budget for CCAP includes $3.4  million CCF and 13 positions. Provisional Licensees Did Not Have Appeal Rights, Which Contributed to Dearth of Cases Between 2017-18 and 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of State Hospitals

Feb 13, 2019 - In view of the proposed changes, the Governor ’s budget proposes a total of $4. 3  m illion from the General Fund and 22. 3 p ositions in 2019 ‑20, growing to $8. 6  m illion and 44. 5 p ositions annually beginning in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3936

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - The independent accounting firm ’s report estimated that the department requires an additional $80.4  million through 2027-28 to support 8 of 13 established programs and subprograms, as well as an estimated $112.8  million through 2027-28 for its three new programs, for a total of $193.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - To support the implementation of CCFPL, the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget package provided four ‑year, limited ‑term support. Specifically, the budget includes $8. 3  m illion from the Financial Protection Fund (FPF) and 44 p ositions for DFPI in 2020 ‑21 (increasing annually to $19. 2  m illion and 90 p ositions by 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - The 2017 ‑18 federal spending bill (passed in March  2018), however, nearly doubled the Bureau ’s FFY 2016 ‑17 funding level to a total of $2. 8  b illion. (The majority of this funding is expected to support 2020 Census activities, rather than other activities, like conducting annual population and demographic surveys.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - The PPP and Health Care Enhancement Act provided an additional $321.3  billion for the PPP in April 2020. When the program stopped accepting applications on August 8, 2020, $134  billion in authorized funding had not been used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - Other major federal assistance programs that use census data include highway funding, Section 8 housing vouchers, and special education grants. An undercount in California could result in losing a seat in the House of Representatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780