The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Second, the department reports that it historically has used salary savings from vacancies to help cover additional operational costs. Department States That High Costs and Low Vacancy Rates Have Created Unique Cost Pressures … CHP states that it cannot depend on its historical approach to fund these activities —and therefore needs the proposed supplemental
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Mar 4, 2019 - Under this alternative, the $3  billion would still be distributed to only four of the five plans, but funds would repay $1  billion, over time, back to the General Fund for their shares of the contribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957

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

Feb 11, 2026 - This would provide information on the amount of staff time and other resources each case requires. Thi s report should also include a comparative analysis showing how CCAP ’s caseload, tasks, positions, salaries, and budget compares to similar entities in state government, including ABCAB and any other state entities CCAP considers appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - The additional amount that would be needed depends on many different variables, including: (1)  the extent to which the state is able to incorporate the existing Next Generation 911  components deployed under the regional approach, (2)  how quickly it can decommission the legacy 911 system, (3)  the cost of the interim contract and solutions, and (4)  the time (and cost) of building out and deploying the new statewide  system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - This program subsidizes small businesses so that they continue paying employee salaries and other bills while their revenues are reduced by the current public health efforts to reduce the transmission of COVID-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - These include: (1)  disability insurance, short-term wage replacement for workers who are injured outside of work (and therefore not covered by workers ’ compensation insurance); (2)  paid family leave, short-term wage replacement for workers to bond with new children or care for ailing family members; and (3)  unemployment insurance, the state-federal wage replacement program for workers who lose their jobs through no fault of their own.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations The 2024‑25 Budget Proposed Reductions to State Operations This post provides our office ’s initial assessment of the Governor ’s May Revision proposals to (1)  administratively establish a new ongoing unallocated 7.95  percent reduction to state operation expenditures and (2)  make the 2024-25 unallocated reduction to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

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

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

2017-18 Budget: Control Section 4.11—Position Transparency

Mar 24, 2017 - Specifically, in 2015 ‑16 the state spent about $12  billion General Fund to pay for salary and benefit costs for roughly 200,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) state employees (not including higher education state employees).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3633

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - This post also excludes redirections of resources, for example, state employees whose job functions have changed as a result of the pandemic. While this post reflects our best understanding of COVID-19 spending at this time, these activities remain ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292