The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes a $10  million reappropriation of General Fund originally provided in 2024-25, as well as an extended encumbrance period (through June 30, 2029), for the LEMA system pilot project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - The proposal also requests 31 new, permanent positions for CPUC to administer the program, and provisional budget bill language to (1)  encumber and expend the funds through June 30, 2031 and (2)  re-appropriate some unspent initial BEAD planning funds for encumbrance or expenditure through November 30, 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining include 11 droughts (4  percent), 9 earthquakes (3  percent), and 6 energy and 6 health emergencies (2  percent each), as well as 5 freeze and 5 wind ‑related emergencies (2  percent each).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's California Highway Patrol budget proposals for (1) equipment and operating costs and (2) capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - 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. Of California ’s service ‑disabled veterans, nearly half (approximately 174,000) have disability ratings exceeding 70  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - More than 425,000 persons in California were licensed by DRE as of June 30, 2024. Almost All DRE Funding Comes From the State Real Estate Fund. The revised 2024-25 budget includes $67  million and 384 positions for the operation of DRE, with nearly all of the funding coming from the Real Estate Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Removing 30  Percent Cap on Individual Awards Reasonable. Current rules stipulate that an applicant may not receive more than 30  percent of the grant funding available in a fiscal year. Since the Governor ’s proposal would provide $60  million for grants, compared to $120  million in prior iterations, the cap on individual awards would be $18  million, down from $36  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018