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

Apr 11, 2025 - Additionally, the administration ind icates it does not anticipate proposing future changes to the baseline. This means it would not be adjusted for policy changes such as Proposition  36 (2024). Proposition  36 increased punishment for various theft and drug crimes, which could make it easier for people to fail-to-prison while on county felony supervision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

A Ten-Year Perspective: California Infrastructure Spending [Publication Details]

Aug 25, 2011 - Throughout the report, we also highlight ways the state could manage infrastructure to reduce state costs such as prioritizing the state’s infrastructure investments to the most critical and appropriate programs, adopting strategies to reduce infrastructure demand, and identifying additional revenue to support infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2509

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - However, as described above, the history of the November 2006 bonds highlights that there are a number of reasons for lags in selling bonds that are not necessarily problematic or within the control of state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

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

May 15, 2018 - Recent experience with the administration of the deferred maintenance funds provided in 2015 ‑16 and 2016 ‑17 highlights the challenges for legislative oversight inherent in this process. For example, in late 2017, the administration notified JLBC that the Department of Fish and Wildlife had changed more than three-quarters of the projects they identified to be supported by funds
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

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

Feb 12, 2016 - The 2015 –16 process highlights some of the challenges associated with the administration ’s proposed approach. Specifically, one of the projects that the administration proposed to fund under Control Section  6.10 of the 2015 –16 Budget Act —the replacement or retrofitting of the existing boilers at Porterville Developmental Center —had previously been rejected by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - These options highlight that there are likely to be trade –offs in pursuing a different mix of buildings. For example, the Legislature could choose not to fund any additional projects beyond those already approved.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Below, we highlight some initial questions the Legislature might want to ask the administration as it considers the merits of the requests. Why is the administration taking a new approach to address homelessness?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135