Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Is the State Meeting the 3   Percent Participation Goal? According to information provided by OSDS, in the aggregate across all reported contracts for mandatory reporters, the state met the 3  percent participation goal in nine of ten years between 2013 ‑14 and 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2025 - As required by Chapter 80 of 2020 (SB 588, Archuleta), this brief reviews California’s Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) program. Specifically, it focuses on policies and practices designed to prevent program abuse and noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In contrast to inspections and citations, the number of tobacco seizures grew by 3  percent. CDTFA reports that it has developed a more targeted approach, focusing the diminishing number of inspections on retailers who are more likely to be out of compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Under these estimates and assumptions, the state would end 2023 ‑24 with $3.8  billion in the SFEU. Figure 4
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Growth in CHP ’s expenditures, however, has been outpacing the MVA ’s revenue increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - SCP This approved IT project seeks to develop and implement an improved online portal for customers to log in and access their program benefits. d EDD implemented the first phase of this project in June 2023, and later provided six additional language options on the portal in 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - Under the proposal, $20.5  million would be transferred in 2023-24, $16  million in 2024-25, and $12  million in 2025-26. In addition, ABC has indicated that if the above transfer is approved, it would also bring the Alcohol Policing Partnership grant program funding back to its authorized funding level of $3  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - We find the proposed delays to be prudent and worthy of legislative consideration for three main reasons: (1)  the delays (if approved) represent a relatively small portion of the funding in the original spending plan —$1.125  billion of the $6   billion —across two programs; (2)  starting in 2023 ‑24, a significant amount of additional federal funding for broadband
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals Introduction This post provides an overview of the information technology (IT) projects in the Governor ’s proposed 2023-24 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Additionally, California youth seeking job experiences have access to: (1)  the federal AmeriCorps program (which is supported in California by about $80  million annually in combined public and private funding); the state California Conservation Corps program (proposed to receive $174  million in 2023 ‑24); (3)  the CA Volunteers ’ College Corps program (for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723