The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - Mutual Aid Costs Previously Paid Upfront and Could Take Months or Years to Receive. Prior to the creation of the LEMA Assistance Fund, local law enforcement agencies paid upfront for the costs they incurred when deploying to other jurisdictions through the mutual aid system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

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

Feb 11, 2026 - This included $964,000 from the Cannabis Control Fund (CCF), which receives reven ue largely from fees paid by cannabis licensees, and ten positions. Funding for CCAP was reauthorized twice (in 2020-21 and 2023-24), each time on a three-year, limited-term basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget package required DOF to notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) within ten days of the department entering any contract paid from the up to $20  million appropriation. In addition, by February 1 of each year of a contract and during implementation of the contractor ’s recommendations, the budget requires DOF to provide a status report to JLBC on (1)  any
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 18, 2025 - If the Legislature approves this proposal, we recommend adding explicit requi rements to assess a grant applicant ’s inability to use tax credits. California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - This information includes the amount and percentage of work the prime contractor committed to provide initially and the actual amount paid to a DVBE subcontractor (as required by Chapter  676 and other provisions of existing law).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget permanently shifts DCC costs for illicit enforcement activities and the California Track-and-Trace program from the Cannabis Control Fund (CCF) —which receives revenues from fees paid by cannabis businesses —to the Cannabis Tax Fund (CTF) —which receives revenues from cannabis sales taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Notably, the most complex and costly IT project in the portfolio —the Integrated Case Management System/Integrated Data Management (ICMS/IDM) IT project —will replace the Employment Development Department (EDD) legacy claims processing and data management systems for the disability insurance (DI), paid family leave (PFL), and unemployment insurance (UI) programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Cannabis‑Related Proposals

Feb 14, 2020 - This separation of taxpaying responsibilities —which is not typical for other state taxes —weakens each business ’s incentive to ensure that the correct amount of tax is paid. An additional concern arises because many cannabis businesses have limited access to financial services due to federal criminalization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4162

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $5  million one-time General Fund in 2025-26 to undertake expansion activities aimed at adding ten campus partners and 500 additional students for the subsequent year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015