Overview of the 2008-09 May Revision [Publication Details]

May 19, 2008 - Our plan includes a more responsible lottery securitization—resulting in a General Fund benefit of $5.6 billion over two years—with a dramatically reduced risk to education’s lottery funding. Finally, we offer some much simpler approaches to increasing the size of the state’s reserve in good fiscal times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1828

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - In early 2025, OES paused the transition of additional dispatch centers in order to investigate. It found four main concerns: Dispatch centers did not have a clear support process when it was necessary to report a trouble ticket.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Grants to county child welfare agencies to provide housing assistance to families involved in the child welfare system who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. CalFresh. Counties administer monthly food benefits, formerly known as food stamps, for about 2  million low ‑income families and individuals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2026 - This brief summarizes the history, costs, and current status of the state’s effort to deploy a Next Generation 911 system and assesses the administration’s proposal to abandon the existing regional approach in favor of a statewide model. It also offers recommendations regarding legislative oversight of this project and the long-term governance of the state’s 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5145

Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems - Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems [Video]

Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems - Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems [Video] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems February 13, 2012 Senior Fiscal &
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=48

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Rate Development Process for State Data Center IT Services. CDT sets State Data Center IT  service rates to recover the cost of services, both direct (such as hardware and software) and indirect (such as internal CDT administration).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Integrated Contact Center This project seeks to modernize the department ’s contact center through (among other improvements) additional self ‑service options, enhanced voice recognition, and multi ‑language functionality.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

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

Mar 30, 2017 - Under SB  450, a voter can use any vote center in his or her county. If a registered voter does not bring his or her VBM ballot to the vote center, he or she can receive a ballot and vote there. As a result, vote centers must be able to provide all ballot types at every vote center.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: State Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Oct 5, 2020 - The Small Business Finance Center (SBFC) at the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank (IBank) makes loan guarantees to small businesses that cannot otherwise get financing from conventional sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4271

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - This post provides an overview of information security (IS) proposals in the Governor’s 2023-24 budget, including our assessment and recommendations across the proposals and specific to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748