Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - In particular, CESA allows the Governor to: Suspend any regulatory statute, or statute prescribing the procedure for conduct of state business, or the orders, rules, or regulations of any state agency, where the Governor determines that strict compliance with them would in any way prevent, hinder, or delay addressing the emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Ultimately, our communications with the administration reveal that many of the details of how departments will implement the efficiencies are still under development. Moreover, whether there would be impacts on services is unknown at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - At an estimated $4.5  million through February 19, 2025 —reimbursement rates appear on track to be higher in 2024-25 —but still well below authorized levels. According to OES, LEMA Assistance Fund support was provided to 81 police departments and 38 county sheriffs ’ offices involving 3,623 responding officers across 23 approved incidents between its inception and December 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Some of the stated goals of the integrated contact center include improved customer experience, reduced wait times, and streamlined business processes to better serve program claimants. a An approved IT project has completed all four stages of the state ’s IT project approval process —the PAL process. b EDD combined the formerly separate ICMS IT project and IDM IT project into the currently
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Since these agreements were finalized in 2022 and 2023, and grant milestones are spread out among the five subsequent years, it is still unknown at this point what fraction will ultimately be claimed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Mar 11, 2025 - Even if the Legislature rejected this additional funding, the program still would have $63  million in one-time funding to support a final program cohort in 2025-26. Belonging Campaign In this section, we discuss the Governor ’s proposal to fund a state outreach initiative related to cultivating a sense of belonging, assess the proposal, and provide a recommendation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015