Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Notification Practices are designed to ensure that the state alerts DVBEs when they have been named as part of a bid. This helps the state catch vendors who might be misleading state procurement officials into thinking a DVBE subcontractor is involved in the bid when the DVBE is unaware they have been named.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Mar 18, 2025 - California Competes grants address a valid limitation of the tax credit, namely that some competitive investments in the state may be lost due to an applicant ’s lack of tax liability. Businesses that cannot utilize nonrefundable tax credits, but are candidates for a grant, typically fall into one of two categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure 2 Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency (BCSH): Key Entities 2025 ‑26 January Budget Request (Dollars in Thousands) Name BCSH Agency Leadership BCSH, Office of the Secretary Oversees the departments, boards, commissions, panels, and other entities within the BCSH agency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Mar 11, 2025 - Namely, if the Legislature remains unclear about specifically what “connect[ing] Californians to community and creat[ing] an improved sense of belonging ” means or would look like, assessing and measuring the effectiveness of the proposed $5  million outreach campaign at achieving these goals likely will not be feasible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The exercise of legislative powers —namely making budget and policy decisions —can often take time. For example, the Legislature typically deliberates over the annual state budget bill from January until June.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Moreover, our assessment applies the recommendations from our overview publication to these proposals—namely, applying a very high bar for all discretionary spending proposals and maximizing one‑time spending reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - This section identifies the Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services as its administrator and leader; names a number of Cal ‑CSIC representatives from federal law enforcement entities, Cal ‑CSIC partner entities (that is, CDT, the California Highway Patrol, and the California Military Department [CMD]), state education segments, and other state entities; and requires that Cal
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

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

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492