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

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Funding for the state ’s 911 system comes from a monthly surcharge on telephone customers deposited in the State Emergency Telephone Number Account (SETNA). The 911 surcharge is established each fall by OES, though current law caps the surcharge at 80 cents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Figure 1 Governor ’s Proposed CHP Equipment and Operating Costs Augmentations (In Millions) Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding. CHP = California Highway Patrol. Assessment Concerning MVA Condition Raises the Bar for Approving New Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 11, 2026 - The transition away from provisional licenses does appear to have increased the number of cases eligible for appeal to CCAP (somewhat). CCAP reports that it expects to hear its first two cases in March and May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - In 2001, the federal government issued about 90  million checks nationwide, totaling as much as $300 per single adults ($600 for married couples). Then again in 2008, the federal government issued about 125  million checks nationwide totaling between $300 and $600 for single adults ($600 to $1,200 for married couples) and an additional $300 per child.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - A number of the IT project proposals in the Governor ’s 2023-24 budget used challenge-based procurements (such as the State Water Resources Control Board ’s Water Rights Modernization Continuation proposal) or are planning to use said procurements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - By comparison, the average number of certified DVBEs between the 2017 ‑18 and 2023 ‑24 fiscal years was 1, 774 —ranging from a low of 1,623 in 2018 ‑19 to a peak of 2,070 in 2020 ‑21. The number of certified DVBEs with active state contracts is somewhat unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Figure 2 Structural Deficits in Selected DFPI Programs Cumulative 2023 ‑24 Through 2027 ‑28 Program/Subprogram Notes: Numbers rounded. In millions. DFPI = California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - However, many shared that it is labor intensive to administer the living stipend given they must check that Fellows have completed their required monthly hours of service before manually distributing aid each month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2021-22 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Spending Authorities

Mar 2, 2021 - While the administration ’s proposal was intended to expedite the Control Section 28 p rocess, we find no need for this as the Legislature can already expedite the process, and has done so a number of times during the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393