Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - California’s Olympic Games California has hosted two summer Games (Los Angeles 1932 and 1984) and one Winter Games (Squaw Valley 1960). In each case, the Games were successful in terms of providing a good experience for athletes and spectators.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

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

Jul 6, 2017 - One possibility is that a task force —like that of Governor Deukmejian —be established, with one official designated as the chair to be a key point of contact for LA 2024 and the key deliverer of good news and bad news about Games preparations to the Governor and the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3695

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - Departments of Labor, State, and Homeland Security to devise expedited immigration procedures similar to those used for the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. During the Salt Lake City Games, work permits and entry visas for those connected with the Games received priority status, which reduced the average processing time to one week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics [Publication Details]

Mar 23, 2017 - We discuss the federal government's significant role in a possible Los Angeles Games and the potential role of state legislative oversight in helping keep public financial risks low, if Los Angeles is chosen over Paris to host the Games.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3622

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Since the CARES Act, two additional pieces of COVID-19 relief legislation (one passed in December 2020 and the other in March  2021) also included one-time cash assistance to most Californians. In this post, we describe that cash assistance and put it in the broader context of existing income support programs and the economic challenges presented by the current public health crisis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

COVID-19 and the National Guard

Apr 8, 2020 - For example, guardsmembers may assist with fighting wildland fires, counterdrug activities, and combat missions abroad. Typically, when the Governor calls guardsmembers, they are on state active duty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4218

Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State's Lost and Found Program - Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State's Lost and Found Program [Video]

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State 's Lost and Found Program February 10, 2015 Principal Fiscal and Policy Analyst Ryan Miller provides information about California 's unclaimed property law as a companion piece to the LAO 's report Unclaimed Property: Rethinking the State's Lost & Found Program .
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/player?playlistId=19

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

Feb 27, 2026 - In November 2025, OES released a revised transition plan shifting from the regional model to a statewide approach with one primary and one back ‑up provider. OES now projects decommissioning the legacy system in 2030 —eight years later than previously planned under the regional model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Chapter   80 of 2020 (S B   588 , Archuleta) —which, among other things, directs state entities to withhold up to $10,000 from the final payment otherwise due to a prime contractor if that prime contractor does not certify various pieces of DVBE ‑related information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - In doing so, FEMA considers whether the estimated/projected response costs exceed at least one of two thresholds—one for individual fires and one for multiple fires within a calendar year—based on the state’s population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919