The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - Governor ’s Proposal One-Time $5  Million General Fund for Belonging Campaign. The Governor proposes providing $5  million from the General Fund on a one-time basis for a belonging campaign to be administered by OCPSC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Classify each processing department based on its total estimated number of FTEs (including from non-processing departments) into one of five classifications: (1) “micro ” with 25-100 FTEs, (2) “small ” with 101-800 FTEs, (3) “medium ” with 801-8,000 FTEs, (4) “large ” with 8,001-17,000 FTEs, and (5) “mega ” with 17,001 or more FTEs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Updated materials provided by the department in March  2025 indicate that DRE is expecting to spend less than originally projected on state operations by about $5  million in 2024-25 and about $3  million in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining include 11 droughts (4  percent), 9 earthquakes (3  percent), and 6 energy and 6 health emergencies (2  percent each), as well as 5 freeze and 5 wind ‑related emergencies (2  percent each).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - School and Community College Spending Higher by $5   Billion. Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 19, 2025 - We recommend the discussions in subcommittee hearings focus on five broad categories: (1)  understanding the methodology used by the administration to arrive at the identified savings, (2)  any potential effects on programs and services, (3)  the effects on state law, (4)  the effects on the state workforce, and (5)  the implications of reducing non-General Fund sources through the exercise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975