The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - We identify some of the major actions taken in the 2025-26 budget process below. Dolly Parton ’s Imagination Library. The budget includes an estimated $39  million one-time General Fund for Dolly Parton ’s Imagination Library.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 25, 2025 - After it has a clear sense of what success would look like under its theory of action, the administration should develop a detailed plan for measuring and evaluating whether success is being achieved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - This decrease is primarily due to the expiration of limited-term funding provided in 2023-24 for various grant programs as well as actions taken in the 2024-25 budget process. We describe some of the major actions below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Why is the Governor requesting early action by the Legislature on the CAAHS Fund? Does the early action obligate the Legislature to funding in 2020 ‑21? Given the downside risk to revenues and the smaller operating surpluses under the Governor ’s proposed budget, taking early action to obligate funding would be risky.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - For this reason, the JLBC notification process is typically reserved for minor, midyear changes to the budget rather than substantial actions such as the approval of new projects costing many millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - For this reason, the JLBC notification process is typically reserved for minor, midyear changes to the budget rather than substantial actions such as the approval of new projects costing many millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

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

Feb 9, 2016 - Direct Administration to Provide Additional Details Prior to Moving Forward We recommend that the Legislature withhold action on the three priority projects pending the receipt of the information from the administration outlined below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - However, the administration is mandating that departments take various actions to implement ZNE consistent with the Governor ’s executive order. We recommend that the Legislature adopt its own policies related to ZNE at state buildings to ensure that the administration ’s actions are consistent with legislative priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - In such cases, it will be important for the Legislature to understand this, so it can direct departments to take actions to improve their ma intenance programs. Adoption of the following language would be consistent with this recommendation: Item xxxx ‑xxx ‑xxxx.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Alternatively, the state could take action to increase competition among insurers participating in Covered California. Other Major HHS Proposals Proposed CalWORKs Grant Increase Reflects Step Toward Legislature ’s Goal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916