The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Final Year of Funding for California Education Learning Lab. The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Oct 17, 2019 - During this three-year period, the County of Sonoma will conduct land use planning activities that will inform DGS ’s final disposal of the property. Second, the budget includes $2.2  million from the General Fund in 2019 ‑20 to perform a site assessment of the Fairview DC —whose final residents will move out in 2019 —to support the future disposal of the property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - Finally, we recommend that the Legislature continue to seek additional information from the administration on its strategy for state office space in Sacramento before approving funding for the construction of these projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - This is because the timing of the construction of future projects is largely dictated by the timing of the completion of the construction of the projects before them. For example, the renovation of the Bateson Building cannot begin before its staff are moved into the new Resources Building.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Because the policies that will impact the makeup of the population at SQRC have not yet been finalized and the department has not yet engaged stakeholders in the planning process, it is unclear whether electrical and barbering/manicurist programs represent the highest priority for expansion at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - The Legislature could require such an update through an interim legislative report within two years and a final report within five years. To the extent the pilots yield better outcomes, CCC and CDCR could begin changing their programs accordingly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - Notably, the final budget package does not include $25.8  million from the General Fund and $75  million from federal funds to implement the Wildfire Mitigation Financial Assistance Program created by Chapter  391 of 2019 (AB  38, Wood).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

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

Feb 9, 2016 - Finally, it should evaluate the various funding options for achieving the sequencing plan —such as buying existing nonstate buildings, building new space, or leasing additional space —and provide recommendations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - Under these two approaches, the total discounted benefits of a project over time are compared to the total discounted costs of the project over time. Specifically, under the BCR approach, the total discounted benefits of a project over time are divided by the total discounted costs of the project over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

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

Apr 11, 2025 - No Adjustment for Amount of Time in Prison or on Parole. The proposed formula does not take into account the amount of time people serve in prison or on parole. For example, there is no adjustment for the fact that people who are ultimately released to parole serve, on average, nearly six years in prison and around two years on parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031