The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Department States That High Costs and Low Vacancy Rates Have Created Unique Cost Pressures … CHP states that it cannot depend on its historical approach to fund these activities —and therefore needs the proposed supplemental augmentation —because (1)  inflation and other costs like technology upgrades have led to uniquely higher costs, and (2)  it has comparatively lower officer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - For over two decades, SCO —which is responsible for issuing pay to the state workforce —has led state efforts to plan, develop, and implement a new state payroll system. An initial effort —the 21 st Century (TFC)/MyCalPAYS IT project —started in 2004 and was suspended in 2013.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Each agency would be led by a Secretary, who would be a member of the Governor ’s cabinet. The administration indicates that the departments and other entities currently within BCSH would be placed into one of these two new agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - As a result, EDD experienced an historic increase in UI applications that strained the department ’s existing IT systems and (together with other factors) led to delays in processing and payment of UI claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - However, we have seen no evaluation performed by the administration of challenge-based procurements to determine whether, for example, additional planning costs for these demonstrations, proofs of concept, and prototypes led to improved project D &I outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2017-18 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office

Feb 3, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office The 2017-18 Budget State Treasurer ’s Office The State Treasurer ’s Office (STO) is a constitutionally established office led by the elected State Treasurer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3545

The 2018-19 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office

Jan 31, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office The 2018-19 Budget State Treasurer ’s Office The State Treasurer ’s Office (STO) is a constitutionally established office led by the elected State Treasurer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3737

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - As we indicated in our March analysis, a statewide exercise led by DOF to identify budgetary inefficiencies is a worthy endeavor. While such an exercise could be beneficial in any year, it seems particularly important to minimize unnecessary or duplicative spending when the state faces a budget problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - Assessment Unclear if OIO Efforts Have Led to Measurable Benefits and Savings . OIO has provided information on multiple workload outcomes, such as the number of business processes it has documented and the recommendations it has made for DCA centralized services, boards, and bureaus.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704

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

Oct 17, 2019 - Prior to PAGA, penalties associated with labor law violations could only be imposed as a result of a state-led investigation conducted by the Labor Commissioner. The intent of PAGA is to improve enforcement of the state ’s labor laws by offering an alternative to state-led enforcement that could be used, for example, when the state lacks the resources to enforce all alleged labor law violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101