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

Apr 25, 2017 - Under SB  450, most counties first have the opportunity to implement the new voting model in the 2020 election cycle —a presidential election year. This means that potentially more than 15  million registered voters in the state will be using the vote center model for the first time when they cast their ballots in the June 2020 primary or November 2020 general elections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3656

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

Feb 11, 2026 - CCAP first received funding in 2017-18 on a three-year, limited-term basis. This included $964,000 from the Cannabis Control Fund (CCF), which receives reven ue largely from fees paid by cannabis licensees, and ten positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Geographic Information Systems —These systems provide location data used to direct emergency communications to appropriate dispatch centers and help first responders locate those in need of assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - First, as shown in the figure, several of the augmentation categories requested in the proposal are supported with dedicated funding ($95.7 million in total) within the department’s annual budget. Second, the department reports that it historically has used salary savings from vacancies to help cover additional operational costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The administration submitted its first February status report of the BCG contract on February 6, 2026. This report provided little information beyond what was already included in the contract. For example, the report did not specify what, if any, changes had been implemented to date or whether the state was on track to achieve the level of savings assumed in 2025-26 or the out-years resulting from the contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670). Because most inherited homes have been owned for decades, children typically are receiving a property with lower ownership costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Little Information Shared on Outcomes From First Grant Round. The first grant round for CA RISE began in 2023 and grantees receive technical assistance programming until September 2025. CalOSBA has released a list of grantees but no information on program outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, the General Fund costs to prefund retiree health benefits are used first to offset a portion of the Proposition  2 requirement and the remainder of the requirement is then satisfied through a supplemental pension payment towards the state ’s CalPERS liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - DRE reports that it experienced a significant decrease in the number of people applying for real estate examinations and licenses in the first six months of 2024-25. As shown in Figure  1, DRE expects the annual number of applications received across most major real estate sales and broker licensing categories to decline in 2024-25, with the largest reductions occurring in the categories of first-time or new applications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - The first occurs when the business itself claims to be a DVBE when it is not. In such cases, the vendor represents their business as both owned and operated by one or more service ‑disabled veterans when both conditions have not actually been met.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095