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 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The report did provide a high-level summary of activities to date, including that BCG had reviewed CDCR ’s third-party contracts and identified opportunities for CDCR to (1)  renegotiate, consolidate, and eliminate contracts and (2)  reduce quantities purchased or switch to a different product type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156