The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - We recommend rejecting the Governor ’s proposal to provide $1.7  million in lease revenue bonds to construct a system to store, treat, and transport water used in the Central Plant for reuse irrigating Capitol Park.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - The total cost of the project has been revised from $1.7  million to $6.3  million General Fund, which includes preliminary plans ($68,000), working drawings ($787,000), and construction ($5,468,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - As proposed, the Real Estate Fund was projected to end 2025-26 with a negative fund balance, as total spending ($74.9  million, which includes expenditures related to statewide administrative costs and BCSH) would exceed total resources ($73.2  million) by about $1.7  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - Conversely, there is some chance the cost could be lower if building some portion of the 1.7 million eased competition at the bottom end of the housing market and allowed some low –income families to find affordable market –rate housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Had it not been for this reversion, the Legislature likely would not have known that $1.7  billion went unused. The lack of information on actual use of the funds is particularly concerning given how little information is provided on their planned use.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - The 2021 ‑22 budget provides $2.2  billion ($1.7  billion General Fund) over three years to fund the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program, which will provide grant funding to local entities for behavioral health facilities or mobile crisis infrastructure (contingent on these entities providing matching funds and committing to providing funding for ongoing services).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

The 2017-18 Budget: Office Of Emergency Services (OES)

Feb 16, 2017 - Based on improved hydrology and prior-year spending data, we find that OES might only require $14  million to provide emergency drinking water in the budget year, and it might be reasonable to reduce state operations funding for OES ’ drought response to about $1.7  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3563

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Across all funding sources, the administration identified $1.7  billion in ongoing savings resulting from the two control sections. Of this total, the administration indicates that it was able to identify more non-General Fund savings than General Fund savings —with the General Fund representing 43  percent of the total identified savings —far below the 2024-25 budget assumption that 78  percent of the savings from state departments would benefit the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - California Is Set to Receive $1.7  Billion in Formula-Based Funding. On April 9, ED released its funding determinations for each qualifying higher education institution. Figure  2 shows the allocations to higher education institutions in California by segment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Mar 1, 2016 - The Governor ’s proposal would provide an additional $1.7  million from the General Fund and six positions on an ongoing basis to increase coordination with federal agencies and other law enforcement entities related to homeland security and other threats.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3376