The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Moreover, if the department generally was able to cover most operating and equipment costs within its baseline budget when its officer vacancy rate was at roughly 3 percent or below (as it was from 2012 through 2019), it is unclear why it cannot do the same when its vacancy rate is notably higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Established in 2012, STARBASE Los Alamitos is such a program. It serves students in the Southern California region, including students from the Cypress Unified and Los Angeles Unified school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, in the 2011-2012 session, when the BCSH reorganization was considered, legislation was enacted rejecting certain portions of that reorganization plan. Specifically, Chapter  138 of 2012 (AB  1458, Buchanan) and Chapter  137 of 2012 (AB  1019, Buchanan) included provisions to reject changes made by the reorganization plan to certain independent entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of State Hospitals

Feb 13, 2019 - The department also indicates that courts have com plained about the quality of the work carried out by some clinicians. Reduces Quality of Care. This workload takes away time clinicians could otherwise spend treating their patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3936

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - This allowed the PMO to test the potential of the centralized project management approach and build the reputation and capacity of the office gradually, with the intention of scaling up to larger, more com plex projects once the office was more established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System

Feb 28, 2017 - In total, the cure notice cited 13 grievances and prompted SAP to correct these problems by November 30, 2012, so that the project could move forward. SAP Responds to Notice. The SAP submitted a response to the cure notice on November 30, 2012.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3590

2011 Realignment: Addressing Issues to Promote Its Long-Term Success [Publication Details]

Aug 19, 2011 - We also identify a series of more extensive issues that we recommend the Legislature address in early 2012, such as developing local funding formulas with an eye towards the long term, promoting local accountability, and simplifying the plan’s extensive network of accounts and subaccounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2508

Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems - Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems [Video]

Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems - Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems [Video] To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems February 13, 2012 Senior Fiscal & Policy Analyst Erika Li discusses the LAO 's new report "Consolidating California 's Statewide Automated Welfare Systems. "
https://lao.ca.gov/Videos/Player?playlistId=48

2017-18 Budget: Control Section 4.11—Position Transparency

Mar 24, 2017 - Because this assumption no longer accurately reflected reality, it was removed from the budget in 2012 through a statewide budget exercise . In another example, the Government Code used to require the State Controller’s Office (SCO) to abolish certain authorized positions in departments that were vacant for six consecutive months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3633

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 8, 2020 - In 2012, California entered into a national multistate settlement with the country ’s five largest loan servicers. The budget allocates funds from that settlement, the National Mortgage Settlement. The budget allocates $300  million to be administered by the California Housing Finance Agency for (1)  housing counseling services certified by the federal Department of Housing and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4278