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

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - After OSDS investigations, roughly two ‑thirds of all closed cases resulted in no violation; about one ‑third resulted in sanctions, ranging from warnings to the loss of ability to do business with the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Relatedly, action taken in Chapter  27 of 2025 (AB  1138, Zbur and Allen) makes additional changes to version 4.0, including but not limited to: increasing the size of tax credit awards as a percentage of qualified expenditures, expanding the range of productions that are eligible for the credit, and enhancing the size and scope of the Career Pathways Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - …But Wider Range of Authorities Have Been Used in Some Instances. For emergencies that are novel or occur less frequently, Governors have used emergency authorities to take a much wider range of actions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Apr 3, 2025 - In other states with franchise registration fees, new franchise registration fees range from $250 to about $750. (Some states do not charge these specific fees, but may charge others.) Additionally, some of the proposed fee increases —such as the $15,000 maximum in the prorated Mortgage Bankers assessment and the $7,215 per office location Escrow assessment —outpace inflation by some measures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Another is that employers in a wide range of industries compete for the program ’s selectively awarded support. These features stand in stark contrast to the $25  million that the administration has proposed to support Natcast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Jan 13, 2025 - These higher costs are more than offset by a range of other areas where the administration’s cost estimates are lower. For example, constitutionally required debt payments are $1.1 billion lower under the administration’s estimates and the administration scores a higher entering fund balance—largely due to over $1 billion in additional revenue accruals—in 2023‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2021-22 Budget: Peace Officer Training Mandate

Feb 4, 2021 - The Commission estimates that the initial state cost of claims from local governments related to the mandate since 2016 c ould range between $2. 5  m illion and $5. 3  m illion. Additionally, the Commission estimates that the annual costs for the mandate going forward could range between $324,000 and $ 2  m illion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4344

Improving California's Regulatory Analysis

Feb 3, 2017 - It would have been helpful to estimate the costs and benefits of a broader range of feasible standards —such as a more stringent standard and additional less stringent options. This would provide a better understanding of trade ‑offs associated with a broader range of feasible options which could be used to ensure the proposed standard is the best option for meeting the statutory goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3542