Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Faculty Recruitment Challenges. Community college administrators indicate that finding enough faculty to teach inside state prisons tends to be difficult. Some faculty do not feel comfortable or do not want to work inside a prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Feb 12, 2016 - While the administration ultimately did not move forward with this project after the JLBC expressed concerns, the Control Section  6.10 process —with its lack of time for review and more limited transparency —made it more challenging to ensure that this type of project was identified and removed from the administration ’s plan for funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The language also requires OES to provide the Legislature with two progress reports on the project —which has faced significant implementation challenges —on or before November 1, 2025 and March  1, 2026.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - Starting in late 2008, the state put bond sales on hold due to the state’s cash flow challenges during the Great Recession. This delayed projects across all of the 2006 bonds, often by about a year. Quick Expenditures Are Often Expected and Can Be Desirable . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - For more detail on some of the challenges that can arise when a fund source does not have adequate capacity to support debt service payments, see our report, The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

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

Feb 25, 2025 - For  example, resource teams are typically focused on some of the most challenging populations in the highest ‑security environments in the system. In addition, honor dorms —at least as they have been implemented so far —seem to be focused on specific subpopulations, such as people under the age of 26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

May 15, 2018 - Recent experience with the administration of the deferred maintenance funds provided in 2015 ‑16 and 2016 ‑17 highlights the challenges for legislative oversight inherent in this process. For example, in late 2017, the administration notified JLBC that the Department of Fish and Wildlife had changed more than three-quarters of the projects they identified to be supported by funds
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Without an Operating Surplus, Responding to a Recession More Challenging. In our November Fiscal Outlook , we found the state has sufficient reserves to cover operating deficits in the event of a typical post‑World War II recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Dec 14, 2016 - Other benefits —such as the value of having modern office spaces for state employees —may be very challenging if not impossible to fully quantify. In these cases, the administration ’s analysis should provide a clear description of the value of the benefits provided and why they are important to justifying the strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Challenges With Using ZNE Mandate to Achieve GHG Reduction Goals ZNE Mandates Not Necessary to Meet GHG Reduction Targets. A mandate for state ‑owned buildings to be ZNE is not necessary to meet the state ’s GHG reduction goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711