The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - The total cost across all project phases is $1.6  billion, with the state covering $764  million (48  percent) and districts covering $834  million (52  percent). As of the Governor ’s budget, all but two of these projects were scheduled to complete working drawings in 2026-27, with the remaining projects expected to do so by August 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Permitting Support at the State Water Resources Control Board

Mar 2, 2026 - SWRCB also found that approximately 48  percent of individual state-only permits processed recently could have instead been processed as dredge/fill certifications before Sackett . SWRCB estimates an individual state-only dredge/fill permit requires up to 140 more staff hours than a dredge/fill certification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5144

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - In court filings, CDCR indicated to the Coleman court that it planned to deactivate 249 inpatient beds because “from September 2024 to present, between 40  percent and 48  percent of inpatient beds have been empty and unused. ” CDCR informed the court that closing such beds would still provide a sufficient buffer to accommodate fluctuations in the inpatient mental health population in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134