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

Apr 11, 2025 - As a result, the maintenance payment do es not support the original goals of the program. Growth Adjustment Not Tied to Actual Growth in County Costs and Would Have Less Oversight. We also find that the maintenance payment ’s growth adjustment is problematic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Feb 9, 2016 - On the one hand, it can be reasonable to fund infrastructure projects through a pay –as –you –go approach. Pay –as –you –go is typically somewhat cheaper than borrowing since the state does not have to pay interest.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Patients are supposed to be transferred to an APP within 72 hours of the referral, but no more than ten days after the referral and can generally stay up to 45 days. Currently, there are 489 APP beds, all of which are in state prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Due to increases in health premiums and the number of retirees receiving the benefit, the state ’s pay-as-you-go costs for this benefit increase each year. The budget assumes that the state ’s pay-as-you-go costs in 2019-20 will be $2.2  billion General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - Our projections do not include any additional debt service costs for new bonds that might be authorized by the voters or the Legislature during the forecast period, such as Proposition  13, a $15  billion general obligation bond for schools scheduled for the March  2020 election.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - We note there sometimes are “market failures ” —where decision makers do not have the appropriate incentives or information. In these cases, specific mandates could be helpful in achieving cost ‑efficient emission reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Under this approach, students close to release who do not yet have a degree could be crowded out by students who already have a degree and/or have a significant amount of time left on their sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Some departments have identified specific projects they intend to support with the proposed funding, while other departments have not yet identified projects, and it is unclear when they plan to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - LEMA supports local law enforcement agencies that have been deployed through the state ’s mutual aid system. The remaining balance of amounts previously appropriated for this purpose (about $12  million) was reverted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - Doing so would ensure that the Legislature could control how these funds were used and make it easier for the Legislature to provide robust oversight. We note that the activities that the administration anticipates funding with the $630  million are not envisioned to occur until at least 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840