The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package Administration of the 2017 Housing Package Background Housing Package. In 2017, the Legislature passed a package of bills aimed at addressing the high cost of housing in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance

Jan 10, 2019 - Local governments are typically responsible for 25 percent of the eligible costs under CDAA, with the state covering the remaining 75 percent. Also, in some cases, such as the late 2017 wildfires, the state has elected to backfill some local tax revenue losses as a result of natural disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3917

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - In both cases, (1)  the assumed level of savings is lower than what was assumed as part of the 2024-25 budget package and (2) savings that were assumed unallocated in 2024-25 are assumed to be distributed to departments in 2025-26 Control Section 4.05: Reduced Operational Costs Distributed to Departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Past efforts to achieve large unallocated reductions through efficiencies have resulted in some ongoing savings to the state budget but generally have fallen short of the large levels initially assumed. 2024-25 Budget Assumed Large Ongoing Reductions to Departmental State Operations … The 2024-25 budget assumed large levels of ongoing departmental budgetary
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2018-19 Budget: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2018 - (This includes $25  million proposed for OES as part of the Governor ’s 2018 ‑19 cap-and-trade expenditure plan.) This total budget is a net decrease of $7  million (0.5  percent) from current-year estimated expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3782

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

Feb 11, 2026 - The panel was expanded to five persons by Chapter  27 of 2017 (SB  94, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review). Three of the panel members are appointed by the Governor and two are Legislative appointees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - For example, previous budgets provided funding to CHP for similar purposes in 2017-18, 2022-23, and 2023-24. CHPERS Project Is Already Underway, Meets Public Safety and Radio Communications Needs. The Legislature approved the CHPERS project in 2006-07 to enhance the interoperability of CHP ’s radio communications system among public safety agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor’s Proposed Supplemental Pension Payment to CalPERS

Mar 4, 2019 - Specifically, the state ’s CalPERS pension contributions are expected to increase by more than 25  percent between now and 2023 ‑24. Employer Contributions Paid From Each Fund. State employee salaries are paid by the General Fund or other funds, depending on the employees ’ work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957

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

Feb 19, 2025 - When excluding the universities, the identified 2024-25 statewide savings under Control Section 4.05 is around 2  percent of 2024-25 General Fund state operations expenditures; however, there is significant variation among these departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System

Feb 28, 2017 - (Please refer to our February 2017 report, The 2017‑18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process , to learn more about the PAL process.) Governor ’s Proposal Budget Request Governor ’s Budget Proposes $3   Million to Begin Stage  2 of the PAL.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3590