The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Contract Awarded September 2025: Scope Includes Two Departments. DOF notified JLBC on October 3, 2025 that it had entered a contract in an amount up to $20  million with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on September 26, 2025 for the purpose of assisting and advising DOF on analyzing and creating process improvements within state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies Format: HTML Description: The 2025-26 budget appropriated up to $20 million to the Department of Finance (DOF) to contract with a consulting firm to assist and advise DOF in creating efficiencies through process improvements in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

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

Feb 27, 2026 - In early 2025, OES paused additional transitions and identified concerns related to network complexity, vendor interdependencies, and operational burdens on dispatch staff. OES Made Major Changes to Transition Plan in 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Feb 11, 2026 - 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. In 2018-19, CCAP asserted that in light of the thousands of applications that were being received by DCC at the time, that “hundreds of appeals ” would follow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - (Please see our report, The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals , for more background on the MVA.) At the time of the 2025-26 budget enactment, the administration projected a $166 million shortfall in the account and therefore proposed—and the Legislature adopted—shifts from two other special funds to cover some MVA expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package assumes ongoing savings of $489.8  million ($182.3  million General Fund) (see Attachment 3 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter) resulting from the permanent elimination of 6,002 vacant positions beginning in 2025-26 (see Attachment 4 of the May 14, 2025 DOF letter).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - As of June 2025, California had 2,118 certified DVBEs. By comparison, the average number of certified DVBEs between the 2017 ‑18 and 2023 ‑24 fiscal years was 1, 774 —ranging from a low of 1,623 in 2018 ‑19 to a peak of 2,070 in 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Based on Updated Estimates, Fund Would Remain Solvent Through 2025-26. Updated materials provided by the department in March  2025 indicate that DRE is expecting to spend less than originally projected on state operations by about $5  million in 2024-25 and about $3  million in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Recommend Improved Legislative Oversight Tools in 2025-26. To avoid surprises and mitigate risks during 2025-26, we recommend the Legislature adopt additional oversight tools for EDDNext that are commonly used for other large IT projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985