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: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - In July 2020, the Governor formed a strike team to address the delays and in September 2020, the strike team released its assessment of the department ’s challenges in administering the UI program and its recommendations to solve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In a November 2022 referendum, voters approved Chapter  34 of 2020 (SB  793, Hill), which bans most sales of flavored tobacco products. ( “Flavored ” refers to non-tobacco flavors, such as menthol cigarettes or fruit-flavored e-cigarettes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - The project was expected to be completed in April 2020. However, for various reasons —including a shift of management of the project from CMD to the Department of General Services (DGS), the expiration of certain funding provided for the project, and delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic —CMD was only able to complete the preliminary plans phase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Between 1968 and 2020, Governors submitted  37 reorganization plans through this process. The executive reorganization process can be used to transfer, consolidate, or eliminate agencies and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987