The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Workstream 5: DHCS —Hospital Financing. BCG is expected to conduct a detailed analysis of financial data for hospitals across the state to identify how different hospital payment models create incentives for hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Office of Emergency Services: Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5151

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

Feb 11, 2026 - As mentioned previously, CCAP has argued that the reason the panel has heard so few cases is because so many licensees held provisional licenses. It further asserts that more cases will come now that the transition to annual licenses is largely complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - It does so by providing back ‑ups for network and core services within each region and statewide, and by containing outages within a single area; but requires the regional and statewide networks to work together seamlessly —that is, to interoperate —without sharing each other ’s components or infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145