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

Apr 3, 2025 - Planned fee increases it intends to implement through regulations for the California Finance Lenders, Deferred Deposit Transaction, and Banks subprograms, including the size of the increases and the amount of revenue expected from these increases What steps it would take if the fee increases alone prove insufficient to prevent the insolvency of the fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Referrals and complaints of alleged DVBE program abus e can come from the public, state entities (including awarding departments), or OSDS program staff. Most commonly, reports of alleged DVBE program abuse come through state entity referrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2020-21 Budget: Reinventing the Department of Business Oversight

Feb 26, 2020 - Regulation of Industrial Banks How Should Industrial Banks Be Regulated? The proposed language would change the requirements for entities to qualify as industrial banks, with the intent of making it easier for entities —such as financial technology companies (known as Fintech companies) —that are not exclusively engaged in financial activities to secure an industrial bank charter in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4181

The 2018-19 Budget: Review of Fair Political Practices Commission Budget and Workload

May 7, 2018 - The penalties established for the process are intended to be lower than what respondents otherwise would pay. The process was created in 1999 and is intended to expedite the prosecution of individuals and committees who have violated the act but whose violation has a low degree of public harm.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3822

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: State Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Oct 5, 2020 - The 2020-21 Spending Plan: State Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank The 2020-21 Spending Plan: State Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank COVID-19 Disaster Relief for Small Businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4271

Nutrition Programs in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Mar 25, 2020 - It is our understanding that the administration continues to assess what steps it will take to fully benefit from the increased flexibility. Although Unknown Exactly How Much Emergency Federal Nutrition Funding Will Reach California, Likely More Than $1 Billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4211

The 2017-18 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office

Feb 3, 2017 - While there is likely to be some level of ongoing workload associated with maintaining these sites once they are created, we would anticipate this to be at a lower level than what is associated with creating new sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3545

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation [Publication Details]

Apr 3, 2025 - In this post, we assess administration-proposed trailer bill language that would increase certain fees charged by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and make recommendations to help ensure the department has the resources it needs to meet its oversight and regulatory mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5025

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - Many banks allowed borrowers to defer payments on existing loans for six months to one year because of COVID-19. If a borrower has requested a deferment from their bank, the SBA will provide six months of payments followi ng the end of the deferment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

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

Feb 24, 2017 - We recommend the Legislature amend paragraph (b) of Section 1563 of the Code of Civil Procedure to allow the Controller to sell securities immediately upon escheat (but maintain the requirement to sell all securities within 20 months).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584