The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 11, 2020 - Addressing a problem as complex and interconnected as homelessness requires the involvement of departments and agencies across the state and collaboration among all levels of government and other stakeholders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4152

The 2020-21 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 7, 2020 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 49   m illion, mostly from the General Fund, for support of the Arts Council in 2020 ‑21. This amount represents a net decrease of $ 26   m illion ( 35   p ercent) from estimated current ‑year expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4148

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 27, 2026 - The state ’s time line to Next Generation 911 deployment —which we measure against the date at which most or all of the legacy 911 system can be decommissioned —has been pushed out from 2015 ‑16 (estimated by CTA in 2010) to 2022 (estimated by OES in 2018 ‑19 under the regional approach) to 2030 (under the updated transition plan).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Feb 11, 2026 - It is important to note that there may be qualitative and substantive distinctions between the work carried out by these two entities that could justify these differences. However, without dat a from completed CCAP cases, this is unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In doing so, we recommend that the Legislature weigh all its options ranging from letting the plan proceed as budgeted to rescoping or directing the administration to terminate the contract. If Legislature Moves Forward With the Contract, Require Quarterly Updates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Over the last several years, and in a number of steps, the Legislature has expanded comprehensive Medi ‑Cal coverage to all income ‑eligible undocumented immigrants who are under the age of 26 or over the age of 49.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - According to American Community Survey data, in 2015 just under 60  percent of homes owned 30 years or longer were owned free and clear, compared to less than a quarter of all homes. Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Given the state ’s current fiscal position —with a budget that is only roughly balanced in 2025-26 and notable deficits projected in the out-years —the state does not have capacity for projects that expand services, which this proposal is designed to do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2020 Census: Potential Impacts on California

Dec 13, 2018 - The Bureau has called the test a success: self ‑response rates were higher than expected (52. 3  p ercent compared to 49. 3  p ercent expected) and Census workers were able to count 1.56 houses per hour (higher than the rate in the 2010 Census of 1.05 houses per hour).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3909