The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - The California Electronic Cigarette Excise Tax Program administers a 12.5  percent tax on retail sales of e-cigarettes. This program is small and new, so this post focuses on the other two programs. Flavor Ban.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Referrals and complaints of alleged DVBE program abus e can come from the public, state entities (including awarding departments), or OSDS program staff. Most commonly, reports of alleged DVBE program abuse come through state entity referrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2020-21 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 7, 2020 - The Arts Council ’s enabling legislation directs it to ( 1)  e ncourage artistic awareness and expression, ( 2)  a ssist local groups in the development of arts programs, ( 3)  p romote the employment of artists in both the public and private sectors, ( 4)  p rovide for the exhibition of artworks in public buildings, and ( 5)  e nsure the fullest expression of artistic potential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4148

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Th e purpose of these discussions would be to understand how the department plans to achieve the identified savings and whether the identified lower spending level is the result of efficiency gains or whether it could affect services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - For example, Government Code Section 11549.3, which we describe in more detail below, requires state entities meeting the definition in Section 11546.1(e)(2) (and not defined as state agencies in paragraph [e][1]) to comply with state IS  policies, procedures, and standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2018-19 Budget: Review of Fair Political Practices Commission Budget and Workload

May 7, 2018 - Internal guidelines direct staff to respond to e-mail advice requests within 24 hours. The FPPC indicates that it responds to (1)  90  percent of e-mails within 24 hours and (2)  the remaining 10  percent of e-mails within three business days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3822

The 2021-22 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 1, 2021 - The council ’s enabling legislation directs it to ( 1)  e ncourage artistic awareness and expression, ( 2)  a ssist local groups in the development of arts programs, ( 3)  p romote the employment of artists in both the public and private sectors, ( 4)  p rovide for the exhibition of artworks in public buildings, and ( 5)  e nsure the fullest expression of artistic potential.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4337

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, CalFire ’s wildfire prot ection budget includes the Emergency Fund (E‑Fund). The E‑fund is an amount budgeted for emergency fire protection and is intended to enable the department to pay for the costs of responding to large wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Transfer the Seismic Safety Commission

Feb 12, 2020 - Along with this move, Chapter   532 e mphasized the value the Legislature placed on retaining SSC ’s independence. Accordingly, the legislation specified that the decisions and actions of SSC are not subject to review by the Agency Secretary.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4158

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs

Feb 13, 2019 - In December 2018, DCA submitted an updated business modernization plan, which provided some updated information on the anticipated timing of activities related to the development of IT systems for Release 3 e ntities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3937