The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Any changes such as these to the Master Plan would have significant implications for UC systemwide enrollment, campus enrollment, and state costs moving forward. How Should UC Accommodate Additional Resident Students?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349

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

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR cannot modify the number of beds without notifying the Special Master and receiving approval from the Coleman court. CDCR Is Constructing a Mental Health Crisis Facility at CIM to Reduce Unlicensed Beds and Transfer Time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

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

Jan 13, 2020 - We recommend that the Legislature ask the administration to lay out how Medi ‑Cal Healthier California for All affects other programs and planning initiatives, such as the Governor ’s Master Plan for Aging and efforts related to homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Apr 11, 2025 - Determining the amount ultimately depends on how the Legislature weighs the goal of achieving state savings versus reducing prison commitments. Modify Maintenance Payment If the state only provides funding based on performance, then SB  678 grant awards would likely decline significantly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Model Left Unchanged How Colleges Are Funded for Incarcerated Students. The new funding model —known as the Student Centered Funding Formula (SCFF) —did not change how the state funds incarcerated students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package also included supplemental reporting language requiring a report —due on or before March  1, 2026, and annually thereafter for three years —on the problems the program was designed to address and how the funds were used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 12, 2016 - Specifically, it is uncertain whether these changes reflect actual differences in needs since last year or are a result of differences in how deferred maintenance is catalogued or reported by departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor's State Office Building Proposal

Feb 9, 2016 - No Plan for How Future Projects Would Be Funded. The proposal not only lacks a plan for sequencing projects, but it also fails to include a longer –term plan for how future projects —beyond the three priority projects —would be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3347

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

May 15, 2018 - In addition, the administration has developed a clear prioritization process for identifying which levees are in conditions that pose critical or serious risks, and for how this funding will be directed to reduce that risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Accordingly, the proposed approach for 2019 ‑ 20 p rovides departments with discretion over how to define deferred maintenance as well as how and when to select specific projects. With the flexibility provided, departments are taking a variety of approaches to identifying potential projects, prioritizing projects, and selecting specific projects for the proposed funding: Identifying Potential Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929