Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems - Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems [Video]

Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems - Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems [Video] Search LAO Videos Try Before You Buy: Expanding Multi–Stage Procurements for Large IT Systems November 11, 2009 In this four-minute video, analyst Erika Li summarizes the LAO report Try
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Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Bonds can therefore promote intergenerational equity by spreading costs across generations of taxpayers ro ughly proportionate to the benefits that they receive. Another advantage to bond financing over pay-as-you-go financing is the full access to funding up front to complete a project rather than in stages over a longer period of time based on funding availability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions a Funds can also be spent on on ‑campus childcare facilities. b The budget also includes additional funding for specific roof and fire alarm replacements. c Funds can also be spent on projects that increase tourism and visitor experiences.
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The 2017-18 Budget: Military Department

Feb 10, 2017 - In 2018-19, the administration can request more advance planning funding if additional renovations are still expected to begin in 2019-20. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
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The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - These constraints can significantly narrow the number of qualified parcels, meaning the process of identifying and acquiring new sites for CHP office replacements can be difficult. We therefore find the Governor ’s proposal for a $1  million supplemental appropriation for CHP to undertake these efforts to be justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - Established as a three-person panel by Proposition  64 (2016), the purpose of CCAP is to provide cannabis licensees and applicants with an impartial appellate body that can review licensing decisions made by DCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining 53  states of emergency declared since October 30, 2015 that were still open on December 31, 2024 had been open for an average of about two years —ranging from a couple weeks to over nine years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Identifying efficiencies can be a worthy endeavor in any year; however, it is particularly important to minimize unnecessary or duplicative spending in times like the present when the state faces a projected structural budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Overall, the state has implemented some recent statutory changes successfully (such as the substitution process described below), but the program is in transition as it is still implementing other changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - This limited inventory —a consequence of many factors including too little home building and an aging population —has driven up the price of housing in California and made the home buying experience more difficult for many.
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