Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - For example, access to Los Angeles court facilities is generally restricted to judges, court staff, individuals involved in cases, witnesses, attorneys, and authorized persons (such as news reporters).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

The 2017-18 Budget: The State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Program

Feb 24, 2017 - Californians, however, increasingly get more of their news and information from television and the internet than from physical newspapers. The Legislature could give the SCO more flexibility in how to spend these advertising dollars, allowing the department to advertise mor e through other media, such as radio, television, social media, and other internet advertising.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584

July 2017 Update: Los Angeles’ Bid for the Olympics and Paralympics

Jul 6, 2017 - One possibility is that a task force —like that of Governor Deukmejian —be established, with one official designated as the chair to be a key point of contact for LA 2024 and the key deliverer of good news and bad news about Games preparations to the Governor and the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3695

Los Angeles' Bid for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics

Nov 10, 2016 - (This $1  million is equal to about $18  million today.) Voters approved the bond —Proposition  2 on the November 1928 ballot —with 73  percent voting yes. Amid the Depression, organizers used existing facilities, including the Memorial Coliseum, for 12 of 14  events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3506

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 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - This report discusses the landscape of elections administration in California today and the changes to that landscape in counties choosing to adopt the new elections model permitted. We then layout a framework for considering the roles and responsibilities in elections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The underlying budget dynamics today are particularly challenging for three reasons. First, revenues have not caught up with expenditures. Second, under our estimates, expenditure growth exceeds estimated revenue growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - (That is, in our view, these costs would not have occurred absent legislative action and as a result do not contribute to the budget problem the Legislature faces today.) Comparison to LAO November Outlook.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Although caseloads in many cash assistance programs tend to grow as overall economic conditions decline (for example, CalWORKs served approximately 70  percent more households during the Great Recession than it does today), none is designed to have a universal reach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - Today, an average California home costs 2.5 times the national average. California ’s average monthly rent is about 50  percent higher than the rest of the country. High housing costs drive California ’s official poverty rate from roughly 13  percent (slightly higher than average) to 19  percent (highest in the nation) under the Census Bureau ’s Supplemental Poverty Measure, which takes into account food, clothing, utilities, and shelter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045