The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - If the Legislature directs the administration to identify efficiencies in the future, we recommend that the Legislature build in only limited assumed savings resulting from such an exercise in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - Recommendation Provide Funding on a Three-year, Limited-Term Basis and Require Workload Report. We recommend that the Legislature approve the proposed funding on only a three-year, limited-term basis, as it has done in past years when the panel ’s resource needs were not known.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Then, in the 15 subsequent years, the state took a series of steps towards this goal including, but not limited to, the following key  milestones: 2010 —First Roadmap Developed. In December 2010, the Schwarzenegger administration released a proposed Next Generation 911 roadmap, which outlined key tasks, decision points, and work products necessary to develop a statewide Next Generation 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145