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

Feb 27, 2026 - First, Chapter  54 (S B  96 , Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) changed the structure of the fees that are deposited in SETNA, thereby increasing revenue to enable OES to pay for costs associated with planning, testing, implementing, and operating a Next Generation 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Apply Means Testing. Another option is to require means testing to determine eligibility for the exclusion. The Legislature could set an income threshold under which a child ’s income would have to fall to be eligible for the inheritance exclusion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - These reductions have had a number of impacts to census preparations, including notable impacts to field testing: 2017 Field Test Canceled. The Census Bureau planned to test a number of features of the online response system in 2017, but canceled these tests due to budgetary uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System

Feb 28, 2017 - Pilot  1 Test. On June 11, 2012, the first major test of the state ’s new payroll system took place. The test, known as Pilot  1, produced payroll, benefits, timekeeping, and position management activities for about 1,500 SCO employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3590

The 2021-22 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Spending Authorities

Mar 2, 2021 - For example, the administration provided a COVID ‑19 fiscal update on August 14, 2020 t hat did not include the estimated cost —potentially reaching $1. 7  b illion —of a testing laboratory contract that the Governor announced on August 26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - First, the state is conducting a number of activities to reduce the transmission and spread of COVID-19 among Californians. For example, this includes funding for testing and contact tracing, disease monitoring, purchasing and distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) like masks, and disseminating information to the public about the virus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - Under SPR 7, STO will deploy all of its functions in FI$Cal in the first quarter of 2018-19 —one year later than anticipated by SPR 6. However, SPR 7 significantly changes the release of SCO functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - DCC licenses and regulates commercial cannabis activity, including the cultivation, manufacture, testing, sale, and transportation of cannabis goods. For example, the department oversees testing laboratories that make sure cannabis is safe for consumption, which includes reviewing license applications, conducting routine inspections, investigating complaints, taking enforcemen t actions, and conducting investigative sample analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

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