Insurer coverage of medical procedures and medication. [Ballot]

May 15, 2025 - These programs include Medi-Cal (a joint state-federal program that covers health care for low-i ncome people) and Medicare (a federal program that covers health care for elderly and disabled people).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-002

The 2025-26 Budget: Scholarshare Investment Board

Apr 30, 2025 - Specifically, the three positions are: A Staff Services Manager I (SSMI) who will be responsible for developing and executing marketing strategies, building a strategic outreach plan, overseeing marketing contracts, and analyzing engagement trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5035

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - If the PDL process were pilot-tested based on the first and second POC rounds, the Legislature would have time t o evaluate the new PDL process as it is refined by the administration based on actual experience with GenAI POCs and subsequent contracts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - This could provide more funding to county probation departments than necessary to run effective and efficient county supervision programs in some years and less funding than necessary in o ther years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining 53  states of emergency declared since October 30, 2015 that were still open on December 31, 2024 had been open for an average of about two years —ranging from a couple weeks to over nine years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The total cost across all phases of these projects is $84  million, with the state covering $31  million (37  percent) and districts covering $53  million (63  percent). Both of these are modernization projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Some of these conditions attempt to align the forthcoming May Revision budget proposal (which we discuss later) with the project cost documents o r incorporate additional information that is only available once the primary vendor contract is awarded (such as updated project management and testing plans).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - This initial gap is somewhat expected as the previous WPC and HHP pilot demonstrations provided services most similar to those i n ECM, so plans were better able to transition to providing the ECM benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2025-26 Budget: School Nutrition

Mar 4, 2025 - CDE i s to prioritize LEAs that obligated at least half of the second round of kitchen infrastructure and training funds included in the 2022 ‑23 budget package. CDE is also to prioritize LEAs that participate in certain provisions of federal nutrition programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5001

The 2025-26 Budget: California’s Film Tax Credit

Feb 28, 2025 - California is the only state that has an explicit competitive element to its tax credit, as it ranks projects using a formula that weighs the wages that will be generated by a production versus the value of credits that will be allocated t o that project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5000