The 2019-20 Budget: Department of State Hospitals

Feb 13, 2019 - The department also indicates that courts have com plained about the quality of the work carried out by some clinicians. Reduces Quality of Care. This workload takes away time clinicians could otherwise spend treating their patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3936

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

Feb 27, 2026 - This analysis should compare the options based on the key parameters described above (such as cost and effectiveness of addressing the problems encountered to date) as well as any others deemed relevant by O ES.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Difficult to Achieve Large Levels of Budgetary Savings Through Efficiencies Alone. Identifying efficiencies in state government can result in budgetary savings without reducing service levels. However, it is difficult to achieve large levels of savings through operational efficiencies alone (that is, without changes to policy or service levels).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - This allowed the PMO to test the potential of the centralized project management approach and build the reputation and capacity of the office gradually, with the intention of scaling up to larger, more com plex projects once the office was more established.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 11, 2026 - The 2026-27 amount is $127,000 (or 3.8  percent) more than the revised 2025-26 level. The Governor also proposes a one position reduction (from 13 to 12) in 2026-27 and ongoing. Assessment Still Too Early to Know What Actual Caseload and Workload Will Be.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - We recommend the Legislature require the department to report by January 10, 2024 o n how actual workload compares to the level of workload assumed for each position approved for S B   908 i mplementation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Underutilization —the failure of prime contractors (who are the entities directly awarded contracts) to provide the level of work committed to DVBE subcontractors —was the most commonly investigated violation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Mar 17, 2023 - M &O. Once IT project D &I is completed, a project becomes an IT system and enters M &O. M &O includes activities and costs associated with a state entity ’s ongoing upkeep and continuing use of a system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746