The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The increase in construction costs stems mainly from site conditions, which were found to be more complex than initially estimated and require the use of specialized vehicles, structures, and equipment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Officers on resource teams receive specialized training on the nature of mental illness and trauma, de ‑escalation techniques, and strategies for motivating people to engage in rehabilitative programming and mental health care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Some faculty do not feel comfortable or do not want to work inside a prison. In addition, many prisons are in rural areas of the state with relatively small pools of individuals who are qualified to teach postsecondary courses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - As a result, the maintenance payment do es not support the original goals of the program. Growth Adjustment Not Tied to Actual Growth in County Costs and Would Have Less Oversight. We also find that the maintenance payment ’s growth adjustment is problematic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The administration assumes cost of operating and maintaining state buildings grows at 0.5  percent per year, which is very low considering likely increases in the costs of state staff and equipment due to inflation and other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Such an approach would provide districts with long ‑term relief that would make balancing their budgets easier to do on a sustained basis. Universities Governor Proposes Discretionary Base Increases for the Universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - However, we do not recommend that the Legislature require this higher level of detail because, in some cases, it might not make sense to do a component ‑by ‑component analysis. For example, certain energy efficiency components might cost more individually, but may allow for smaller heating and cooling systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - Continued Funding for Installation of Electric Vehicle Charging Equipment. The budget provides $23.3  million from special funds for the installation of electric vehicle charging equipment at state facilities to be used by state employees and the state vehicle fleet.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2020-21 Budget: Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 20, 2019 - Our projections do not include any additional debt service costs for new bonds that might be authorized by the voters or the Legislature during the forecast period, such as Proposition  13, a $15  billion general obligation bond for schools scheduled for the March  2020 election.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4118

Debt Service on Infrastructure Bonds

Nov 15, 2017 - We note that our projections do not include additional debt-service costs for any other new bonds that may be authorized by the voters or the Legislature during the forecast period. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3713