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

Feb 19, 2025 - Governor ’s 2025-26 Budget In this section, we discuss (1)  what is assumed in the Governor ’s proposed 2025-26 budget under Control Section 4.05 and 4.12 and (2)  the report that the administration submitted to the Legislature as part of the January 10 budget proposal to identify the assumed savings under these two control sections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

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

Apr 3, 2025 - We also recommend directing DFPI to report annually for three years beginning on January 10, 2026, on the amount of revenue received from each increased fee and how this compares to what the department projected would be received.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor has signaled interest in changing the state ’s reserve policy by: (1)  increasing the cap on BSA required deposits from 10  percent of General Fund taxes to 20  percent of General Fund taxes, and (2)  excluding the state ’s reserve deposits from the state appropriations limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Provide each processing department with a set number of DART FTEs based on their classifications: (1)  0.5 FTEs for “micro, ” (2)  1 FTE for “small, ” (3)  3 FTEs for “medium, ” (4)  6 FTEs for “large, ” and (5)  10 FTEs for “mega. ” Propose annual funding allocations by processing department to the Department of Finance (DOF), as well as
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example: On March  10, 2005, Governor Schwarzenegger terminated 17 emergencies dating back to December 1998. All but two had been proclaimed under previous administrations but had not been terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - However, the proposal presumes a high level of inefficiency in state government by asserting that $1 in every $10 of state operations expenditures can be eliminated without affecting state services. Difficult to Achieve Savings Without Affecting State Employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - The two proposals discussed in this report would commit $10  million in  2025-26 and $84  million ongoing thereafter in higher discretionary General Fund spending. However, our office currently estimates that the budget is only roughly balanced in 2025-26, and the state will have significant annual operating deficits in the following years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - As shown in Figure  1, DRE expects the annual number of applications received across most major real estate sales and broker licensing categories to decline in 2024-25, with the largest reductions occurring in the categories of first-time or new applications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations [Publication Details]

May 21, 2024 - Between the two proposals, the administration proposes that the Legislature delegate responsibility to the Governor to determine how to permanently reduce state operations by roughly 10 percent. As we discuss in this post, we think there is merit to the Department of Finance finding operational efficiencies; however, (1) any resulting reductions would be made
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4903