The 2014-15 Budget: A Review of the 2014 California Five-Year Infrastructure Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2014 - In order to assist the Legislature, we suggest some broad questions it may find helpful in guiding future discussions. We further suggest that the Legislature consider how, as an institution, it addresses infrastructure issues—for example, by creating a joint infrastructure committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2916

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - In  addition, the memorandum outlined four pillars intended to guide development of specific policy and practice changes: Dynamic Security. Dynamic security is an approach to security that promotes positive relationships between staff and incarcerated people through purposeful activities and professional, positive, and respectful  communication.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - But if These Projects Are a Guide, Full Plan Will Be Very Expensive. Because the administration has not provided a funding plan that identifies the cost of the strategy, it is not clear how much it will cost to complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Having these standards and utilization reports would not only help guide decisions about the amount of classroom space needed but would also help assess the need for other rehabilitation space at a systemwide level and at particular prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

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

Dec 14, 2016 - LAO Recommendations Based on our assessment, we make several recommendations to help guide the Legislature as it faces key decisions points related to the administration ’s strategy: First, we recommend that the Legislature direct the administration to provide additional information and a robust analysis that will allow the Legislature to assess if the strategy represents the best approach available to address aging state office buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - To help guide the Legislature in its review of the proposal, we examine the key decisions it faces. As shown in Figure  2, these decisions are largely sequential, as the first decisions will have implications for the remaining issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349