Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - CDCR would have to explore strategies to effectively manage such remote workers. We expect the cost of implementing this option would be largely covered by the cost of expanding tele ‑mental health discussed above.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - Adding More Licensing Exemptions for Those Who Work at Prisons. Currently, providers with out ‑of ‑state licenses are required to obtain a California license to work in CDCR, though some may use their out ‑of ‑state license on a temporary basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Implementing California’s Child Welfare Prevention Services Program

Jan 28, 2026 - DSS already is exploring this option for MI, which is the EBP selected by nearly all counties in their CPPs. The Legislature could direct DSS to explore similar options for other EBPs, particularly the other services selected by the largest numbers of counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5106

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The Governor proposes one-time General Fund for two capital outlay-related activities in 2026-27: CHP Field Office Planning and Site Identification. The budget includes $1  million from the General Fund for CHP to identify suitable parcels for replacing up to three field offices and to develop studies for those sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 17, 2026 - Based on the system ’s most recent five-year capital outlay plan, these sites have a combined 87  million square feet of building space. This includes academic space (such as classrooms, laboratories, and libraries) as well as nonacademic space (such as parking structures, bookstores, and cafeterias).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5159

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - (The Legislature could also explore whether other resources, such as climate research funding that was previously provided to the University of California system, could help support this  assessment.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - One possible reason for our higher estimate is that our model reflects not only disenrollment among current enrollees, but also reduced enrollment flows over time and a persistent risk of disenrollment among eligible individuals due to added administrative burden.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Mar 10, 2026 - California Community Colleges Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]     a Community college districts issue local general obligation bonds to pay for a share of project costs. b Proposition 51 (2016) bond funds. c The performance criteria phase is the initial phase of this design-build project. d Replacement buildings listed in this category involve adding space. e Center operated
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1025

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Welfare

Mar 3, 2026 - In addition to restructuring foster care maintenance payments, the 2024-25 statutory changes also added two new foster care programs and corresponding rate components: (1)  Strengths Building and Child and Family Determination Program, and (2)  Immediate Needs Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/5147