The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Although there were variations in the provisions contained in the various agreements, generally, the agreements sought to achieve budgetary savings by (1) essentially holding flat salary costs through Personal Leave Program 2025 and (2) suspending the employer and, in most cases, employee contributions to prefund retiree health benefits for at least two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - The hearings also can be used to set expectations of DOF so that the Legislature can hold DOF accountable whenever it identifies the specific savings by funding source and program. Ask Each Department Questions to Better Understand Identified Savings and Their Effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of State Hospitals

Feb 13, 2019 - The department also indicates that courts have com plained about the quality of the work carried out by some clinicians. Reduces Quality of Care. This workload takes away time clinicians could otherwise spend treating their patients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3936

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

Key Differences Between Recent Medical Cannabis Laws and Proposition 64: A Preliminary Review

Dec 20, 2016 - Limits on a licensee holding state licenses in multiple categories Generally, may hold state licenses in no more than two license categories. May hold state licenses in multiple license categories (with certain exceptions).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3517

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - State law limits the ability of those who do not hold an annual license from appealing DCC decisions. For example, those denied a provisional license renewal are not entitled to a hearing before OAH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Clearly establishing who is responsible for a program would better enable the Legislature and the public to hold that person or entity accountable for meeting clearly defined outcome-orientated goals and performance standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Feb 24, 2017 - Cost of Holding Securities for 18 Months May Outweigh Benefits. Given the considerations outlined here, it is not clear that the benefits to some property owners from the 18 ‑month waiting period outweigh the costs to the state of holding these properties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584

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

May 13, 2019 - While it is reasonable for the state to ask cities and counties to do all they can do to plan for and facilitate a particular amount of home building, holding them entirely accountable for outcomes that they do not comp letely control may be unreasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029