The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - A strategy for preventing the accumulation of new deferred maintenance projects is essential to ensuring that the problem does not get worse. Moreover, the administration has not identified a long-term plan for working through the rest of the deferred maintenance backlog.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The administration ’s estimate does not take into account that money today is more valuable than money in the future (often referred to as the “time value of money ”) through a technique called discounting future cash flows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - A strategy for preventing the accumulation of new deferred maintenance projects is essential to ensuring that the problem does not get worse. Moreover, the administration has not identified a long –term plan for working through the rest of the deferred maintenance backlog.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Figure  2 provides an example of how a county grant award would be calculated. New Methodology for Calculating State Savings Per Person Diverted. The Governor ’s proposed formula includes a new methodology for calculating the amount the state is estimated to save for each person diverted from state prison and parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The goals of the outreach effort are to (1)  improve labor law compliance among individuals and families who employ domestic workers in their home and (2)  increase domestic workers ’ awareness of their employment protections under state law and how to recover unpaid wages from their employer if labor law violations occur.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Without such strategies or proposals, there is no certainty that departments will have the necessary tools or other resources to address the underlying causes of their deferred maintenance backlogs and ensure that the problem does not get worse.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - The new Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund would lend money to private sector organizations for projects determined to advance the state ’s environmental goals, along with other priorities —such as creating high ‑quality jobs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Agreements Shift General Fund Costs From Retiree Health Prefunding to Pension Liabilities. Proposition  2 (2014) requires the state to spend a specified amount of money (determined through a budgetary formula) each year towards eligible liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - As it formulates these policies and reviews specific project funding proposals from the administration, we recommend that the Legislature focus on pursuing those projects that save the state money over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

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

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, of the roughly 30,000  people released from prison annually, roughly half spend around a year or less in prison. A  clear theory of action would articulate how the California Model would better serve this large group with short stays and what specific outcomes we might logically expect to see as  a result.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986