Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - (In  other words, the DVBE must actually perform work and cannot simply lend its certification to another business to help win a bid.) This is called a “commercially useful function ” or “CUF ” violation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - Many of the key decisions about hosting the Games will be made over the next few months as the Los Angeles bid is refined in preparation for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) choosing the winning city in September 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - However, the administration has not provided key information that would be necessary to assess the State Office Building Strategy, such as a funding plan with an estimate of costs of strategy and an analysis of alternatives to the proposed strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System

Feb 28, 2017 - Strategy to Move Project Forward Developed. Following the termination of the primary vendor contract, SCO developed a new strategy. In particular, the project scope was narrowed by excluding California State University (CSU) from the project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3590

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 3, 2017 - As we point out in our December 2016 report, The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight, the projects in that strategy are closely interrelated. Also, as we point out in that report, the administration’s strategy lacks basic information necessary to determine its merits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3544

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - This causes the state to lose valuable time that could have been spent developing and implementing other cost reductions strategies. In addition, overly ambitious cost savings targets can mask, to an extent, the size of the structural deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 12, 2020 - DGS completed the State Office Building Strategy in March  2016 and made some minor revisions to it in 2018. The State Office Building Strategy includes building three new state office buildings and renovating eight existing state office buildings within about ten years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4157

July 2017 Update: Los Angeles’ Bid for the Olympics and Paralympics

Jul 6, 2017 - Los Angeles officials are focused on winning the 2024 Games. If, however, Los Angeles were offered the chance to host the 2028 Games, this change would bring both opportunities and challenges. 2028 Opportunities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3695

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 11, 2020 - Develop Comprehensive Response Strategy Among State and Local Governments. The Council recommends the state develop a comprehensive response strategy that identifies a clear path for responding to the state ’s homelessness crisis and assigns clear responsibilities to the state, cities, and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4152

The 2017-18 Budget: The State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Program

Feb 24, 2017 - Some Owners Win, and Others Lose, Under the Current System. The value of a security can go up —or down —after it is liquidated to cash by the SCO. On average, certain owners may realize gains as a result of the 18 ‑month waiting period as those securities rise in value or earn income in the form of interest, dividends, and other payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584