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

Feb 25, 2025 - Through Article V, Section  6 of the California Constitution, the Legislature authorizes the Governor to reorganize the functions of state agencies through the executive branch reorganization process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Apr 3, 2025 - The resulting report identified a structural deficit dating to 2020-21 caused by both cost and revenue factors. Cost factors included annual salary adjustments and startup costs for the three new programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - In addition to its departmental change management efforts, the CSPS IT project will communicate with 21 state bargaining units about the business and process changes associated with the new payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - The number of inspections conducted in 2022-23 and 2023-24 was 52  percent lower than in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Over the same period, the number of citations issued dropped by 24  percent. These drops are particularly striking given that staff concerns about COVID-19 exposure likely diminished substantially over that period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Feb 19, 2025 - The control section required DOF to report specific information to the JLBC and to the exclusive bargaining representatives of the state ’s 21 collective bargaining units on January 10, 2025. Specifically, for each position proposed to be eliminated in 2025-26, DOF was required to report (1)  the department and program associated with the eliminated position, (2)  the job
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975