Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Moreover, compared to other states, California is an outlier by not requiring states of emergency to expire unless renewed. Specifically, 36 states limit the amount of time states of emergency can be open before the Governor or Legislature must act to renew them —ranging from 15 days to six months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - For example, the proposed increase in new franchise registration fees —from $675 to $1,865 —would set California fees at much higher levels than other states. In other states with franchise registration fees, new franchise registration fees range from $250 to about $750.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

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

Mar 18, 2025 - In this fiscal context, we recommend that the Legislature apply a very high bar for new industry support —and, more generally, any new spending outside of the state ’s core responsibilities. As we understand it, the main rationale for state support for the semiconductor industry would be the potential economic benefits for the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Mar 11, 2025 - California also already has an extensive network of state and campus financial aid offices that administer federal, state, and campus-based financial aid programs. CSAC regularly interacts with campus financial aid offices in the administration of state fin ancial aid programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

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

Feb 24, 2025 - These resources were used to establish the LEMA Assistance Fund, which provides state funding to local law enforcement agencies when they use the state ’s mutual aid system. These funds, which OES limits to emergency events that meet certain criteria (such as lasting more than 12 hours), may be used to pay for responding officer overtime, housing, and other specified costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Efficiencies in State Government Finding Efficiencies in State Government a Good Endeavor. Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 put forward a worthy goal for DOF to lead a statewide effort to identify budgetary inefficiencies in state operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The Legislature could use the funding it frees up from funding fewer proposals to address district cost pressures (such as rising pension costs), or it could set this funding aside in the Proposition  98 Reserve for future allocation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985