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

Mar 18, 2025 - To understand program impacts and to prioritize future investments, employm ent opportunities can be randomly offered to eligible participants when there are more candidates than jobs available. Using program and state administrative data, third-party evaluators can then follow both participants and randomly rejected candidates to determine whether the program improves outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Mar 11, 2025 - CSAC regularly interacts with campus financial aid offices in the administration of state fin ancial aid programs. California Volunteers has created its own staff and infrastructure to support College Corps, which largely operates outside this existing higher education system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Moreover, more regular and detailed information would give the Legislature greater insight into the work itself, which could be helpful for identifying future savings opportunities. For example, efficiencies in procurement implemented at CDCR could possibly be extended to other departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Apr 3, 2025 - These include the following: Investment Program. Regulates the offer and sale of certain financial securities and franchises, and licenses and examines broker-dealers and investment advisors. (Financial securities are tradable financial assets, such as stocks and bonds.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - The main purpose of this RFI2 solicitation is to identify opportunities for joint ‑build construction projects, leases, and/or purchases in place of the remaining standalone Caltrans construction projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Another option the Legislature could consider, particularly for smaller nonreporting entities with fewer procurement staff but consistent interaction with DGS for routine IT purchases, is to request that CDT and DGS evaluate their current division of IT procurement responsibilities and identify opportunities to streamline routine IT procurements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The state sells bonds to investors to receive “up-front ” funding for projects and then repays investors, with interest, over a period of time. When and Why the State Uses Bonds to Finance Infrastructure Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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

Feb 11, 2026 - It is important to note that there may be qualitative and substantive distinctions between the work carried out by these two entities that could justify these differences. However, without dat a from completed CCAP cases, this is unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Between July 2019 and August 2025, Next Generation 911  system development costs in accordance with the regional approach totaled $456   million. The total cost to simultaneously operate legacy 911 during these same years was $148   million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The Legislature could consult with the Governor ’s office, OES, local governments, and other practitioners and experts to determine a reasonable time period and approach for renewing states of emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029