The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - Their system is referred to as a “modified punch card ” system, which converts punch card ballots into marked ballots. This modification prevents failed punches, but still relies on the old system. Instead of purchasing or leasing a system maintained by a vendor, Los Angeles County is in the late stages of developing its own open source system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The MVA ’s primary source of revenue is from vehicle registration fees, as well as —to a lesser degree —from driver ’s license and identification card fees. CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - Second, the state has a higher share of people who historically have been more difficult to count relative to the rest of the nation (referred to as the hard ‑to ‑count population). This hard ‑to ‑count population includes immigrants, who may be even harder to count in 2020 t han they were in the past. .  .  .  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - These funds are being used to support initial activities of the Complete Count Committee. Prior Complete Count Committees. The state provided $24.7  million for the 2000 Complete Count Committee in response to the 1990 undercount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Population will be based on the 2019 homeless point-in-time count for Round 3 and the most recent homeless point-in-time count for Round 4. Cities. $336  million to cities with populations over 300,000 based on each city ’s share of the 2019 point-in-time homelessness count for the CoC in their region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - For example, when CDTFA seizes a retailer ’s noncompliant products, this counts as one seizure, regardless of the total amount of product seized. Can the administration provide workload measures that account for some of these limitations?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs

Feb 6, 2018 - To the extent that position counts do not accurately reflect the services provided, it would lead to some cross-subsidization —that is, some boards and bureaus paying for more services than they receive and others paying for fewer services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3744

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, to avoid double counting previously provided funds or because specific data are not available, we do not include projects for which funding is: (1)  continuously appropriated, such as some bond funds; (2)  reappropriated, which provides additional time for the completion of the project; (3)  reverted, if a project ended or requires modification; (4)  previously
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - To raise awareness of the importance of participating in the 2020 Census, the state appropriated $187.2 million for outreach activities targeting hard‑to‑count households. The California Complete Count Census Office coordinated the communications effort.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Understanding the Veterans Services Landscape in California

Jan 17, 2017 - Point –in –time data from an annual, federally sponsored homelessness count estimates that about 11,000 California veterans (0.7  percent of the estimated California veteran population) were homeless on January 30, 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3525