The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - Recommendations Below, we recommend changes to the Governor ’s proposed SB  678 grant formula that would help address the issues we identified above. These changes would result in a system that would better achieve the stated goals of the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Recommendations Approve Resources to Activate New Learning Center and Contract With AJCC. We recommend that the Legislature approve the portions of the request to activate the new Learning Center and contract with AJCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - Recommendation Direct Administration to Address Flaws in Proposition  47 Savings Estimate in the May Revision. We recommend that the Legislature direct the administration in spring budget hearings to address the flaws with its methodology for estimating the savings attributable to Proposition  47 in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Recommendations Legislature Could Improve Policies in Several Ways. In this section, we make several recommendations aimed at addressing the problems and missed opportunities we have identified with CCC education at state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - LAO Recommendations Require Departments to Report on Proposed Projects and Approach. We recommend that the Legislature use its budget hearings this spring to gather more information from individual departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - We recommend that the Legislature ’s policies direct the administration to focus on cost ‑effective projects. Specifically, we recommend that the state only implement building projects with renewable energy and energy efficient building components that have net savings to the state compared to the main alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

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

Feb 28, 2023 - Recommendations Consider Shifting to Lease Revenue Bonds. Ultimately, the Legislature ’s financing approach will depend on how it weighs support for short-term budget priorities against reducing long-term budget obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details]

May 15, 2018 - We further recommend that the Legislature seek information from the administration regarding causes of deferred maintenance at individual departments, as well as longer-term plans to prevent deferred maintenance from continuing to accumulate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3841

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

May 14, 2018 - LAO Recommendations Set Aside Funding for Priority Projects. If the Legislature prioritizes spending additional one-time General Fund for building projects, we recommend reserving funding —whether $630  million or another amount —for this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

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

Feb 9, 2016 - LAO Recommendations As we noted above, several state office buildings in Sacramento have significant needs. Thus, the administration ’s focus on infrastructure makes sense. However, based on our assessment, we make several recommendations below related to the specifics of the Governor ’s proposal for state office buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347