The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - BCG is expected to conduct a detailed analysis of financial data for hospitals across the state to identify how different hospital payment models create incentives for hospitals. This work would be expected to serve as a basis for developing recommendations to reduce state costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - The department also educates consumers on how to avoid scams, investigates suspected fraud, and (in certain instances) takes legal action to collect restitution for lost money. The revised 2024-25 budget provides DFPI with $177  million —almost exclusively from four special funds, which themselves are largely funded by revenue from regulatory fees, licenses, and permits —and 878.3 positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

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

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2015-2018, according to a rigorous third-party evaluation , LA:RISE participants had higher earnings and employment while working at an ESE but did not see long-term benefits after the transitional job ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Earned Income Tax Credit. A state and federal income tax credit for low ‑income working families and individuals, which reduces the tax amount owed by the tax ‑filer and, in some cases, may provide eligible filers with a refundable income amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Although the administration has not yet articulated a clear strategy for how savings of this magnitude would be achieved, it is our current understanding from the administration that the proposed reductions would be done in a way that does not affect current employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

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

Mar 4, 2019 - Similar to the supplemental payment made in 2017 ‑18, this proposal would save the state money over the long-term. Over the next few decades, CalPERS would have more assets earning investment returns for more time —resulting in lower employer contributions than would otherwise be the case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Under the state ’s current policy to pay for retiree health benefits, (1)  the state and employees each contribute an amount of money —established as a percentage of pay through the collective bargaining process —to prefund the benefits employees earn today and (2)  the state pays the costs of the benefit for current retirees on a pay-as-you-go basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter

Apr 25, 2017 - Money from the General Fund —rather than one-time settlement money —likely will need to be the funding source for any ongoing oversight activities in the future. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3656

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - For example, one large, long-standing cash assistance program is the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) program, which supported more than 350,000 low-income families in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214