The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - The independent assessment of DFPI ’s financial condition identified annual salary adjustments (agency-wide) and start-up costs for new programs as the main sources of increased expenditures at DFPI.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

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

Feb 25, 2025 - As we understand it, BCSH would become two agencies: the Consumer Protection Agency and the Housing and Homelessness Agency. Each agency would be led by a Secretary, who would be a member of the Governor ’s cabinet.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Mar 7, 2025 - The approved baseline cost of the CSPS IT project is about $1.2  billion, of which roughly 60  percent (or $700  million) is General Fund and 40  percent (or $450  million) is from the Central Service Cost Recovery Fund —a fund that recovers the costs incurred by certain agencies and departments for services shared by nearly all departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2025 - This post provides issues for legislative consideration, as well as questions for the Legislature to ask, ahead of an expected May Revision budget proposal to fund development and implementation of the California State Payroll System information technology project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5011

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Request Funding for Similar IS Software. CalEPA and CalSTA both request funds to procure Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software —that is, software that helps agencies manage risks and set controls and policies across their departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Washington —In Washington, state agencies have been charged with meeting a 5  percent veteran ‑owned business participation goal overall. However, individual agencies receive a customized target goal that may be more or less than this amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - This created a problem for local law enforcement agencies, particularly those in smaller, rural communities, who found the long wait for reimbursement burdensome. However, the current program does not target funds only to agencies that would face fiscal difficulties from lengthy wait times.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

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

Feb 27, 2026 - These networks are specifically designated for use by public safety agencies. Core Services —Next Generation 911 core services include the software and databases needed to route emergency communications on the network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The Legislature approved the CHPERS project in 2006-07 to enhance the interoperability of CHP ’s radio communications system among public safety agencies. The proposed Sawtooth Ridge radio tower is the last tower to be constructed and intended to mitigate a coverage gap in radio communications in San Bernardino County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - However, the state of emergency proclamation authorized the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency and the Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency to suspend state environmental permitting requirements in order for CalFire to implement the 35 projects immediately.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029