Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Figure 2 Percent of Bonds Sold as of November 1, 2016 (Dollars in Billions) Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act $19.9 Housing and Emergency Shelter Trust Fund Act 2.9 Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act 10.4 Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Act 4.0 a Safe Drinking Water, Water Quality
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ‑$149 ‑1% a Does not reflect anticipated reductions associated with Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024 ‑25 Budget Act or increases in employee compensation costs in 2025 ‑26 because they are accounted for elsewhere in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides the Department of Finance with authority to augment CMD ’s budget by up to $4.8  million if CMD receives federal matching funds for the purpose of replacing three deteriorating heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at the Azusa, Sacramento-Okinawa, and Fresno-Hammer Field armories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - It also includes $1.6  million one time each from the Special Distribution Fund and Gambling Control Fund (for a total of just under $3.2  million) for a project to manage gambling licensing workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

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

Apr 11, 2025 - In other words, it might make future county failure-to-prison rates high for reasons that are outside of the control of the probation departments, again artificially lowering grant awards through the performance payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Cap ‑and ‑trade differs from other regulatory approaches, such as traditional command ‑and ‑control regulations, where the government requires business to install a certain type of emission reduction technology or meet a certain minimum emissions standard.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - Instead, Control Section  6.10 includes a JLBC notification process. This approach raises a few concerns. First, the process would identify projects proposed for funding after the Legislature has made its decisions on the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - Continuous Appropriation Greatly Reduces Legislative Oversight Weakens Legislature ’s Fiscal Control and Oversight. Since funds in the SOIF would be continuously appropriated under the Governor ’s proposal, the Legislature would lose its ability to control how and when such funds are spent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - As part of the May Revision, the Governor proposed budget trailer legislation to increase various fees that support various DCA boards and bureaus and the Controlled Substance Utilization Review and Evaluation System (CURES).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Third, the proposed process to allow the administration to move forward with changes to funded projects without legislative approval would diminish the Legislature ’s control over how funds are spent and could result in the funding of projects that are not consistent with legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841