The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Overall, most programs increase employment and earnings among participants while receiving a subsidy. However, the ultimate goal is to improve long-term employment prospects of these workers. Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Below, we provide data on the number of cases of potential noncompliance and program abuse, the most common type of alleged abuse, how OSDS responds to these cases, and whether state entities take additional measures to prevent it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The report did provide a high-level summary of activities to date, including that BCG had reviewed CDCR ’s third-party contracts and identified opportunities for CDCR to (1)  renegotiate, consolidate, and eliminate contracts and (2)  reduce quantities purchased or switch to a different product type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Food benefit amounts vary based on household earnings and household size. CalWORKs. Counties administer monthly cash grants for about 400,000 low ‑income families with children. Grant amounts vary based on earnings and family size.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor’s Proposed Supplemental Pension Payment to CalPERS

Mar 4, 2019 - There are three major types of funds. They are: (1)  the General Fund, which is the state ’s main operating account; (2)  other state funds, which includes special funds, bond funds, and other “nongovernmental cost funds ” (such as trust funds); and (3)  federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Under the CARES Act, adults earning less than $75,000 in their most recent tax filing (2019 for those who have already filed, 2018 otherwise) are eligible for a one-time cash payment of $1,200, and $500 for each child.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2017-18 Budget: The State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Program

Feb 24, 2017 - In this backlog of work, SCO staff must post past corporate actions, reconcile old security issues against broker statements, review additional funds that have been earned on already paid claims, and verify and correct data in the securities portfolio.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584

Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program

Oct 8, 2018 - Reverse mortgages are a type of home equity loan that are available only to seniors. The most common type of reverse mortgage is the Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM), described in the nearby box.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3885

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081