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

Feb 11, 2026 - ABCAB receives 20 to 35 appeals per year, in contrast to a projected 4 to 6 cases for CCAP. The 2026-27 proposed budget for ABCAB includes $1.4  million from Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Fund —which is about half the amount proposed for CCAP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Administration Expects Full Contract Amount —$20  Million —Will be Expended. The administration anticipates that the entire $20  million appropriation will be used over the course of the contract. Work With DHCS Is Delayed Due to Federal Changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies Format: HTML Description: The 2025-26 budget appropriated up to $20 million to the Department of Finance (DOF) to contract with a consulting firm to assist and advise DOF in creating efficiencies through process improvements in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2025 - Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details] Description: As required by Chapter 80 of 2020 (SB 588, Archuleta), this brief reviews California’s Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - In July 2020, the Governor formed a strike team to address the delays and in September 2020, the strike team released its assessment of the department ’s challenges in administering the UI program and its recommendations to solve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Chapter   80 of 2020 (S B   588 , Archuleta) —which, among other things, directs state entities to withhold up to $10,000 from the final payment otherwise due to a prime contractor if that prime contractor does not certify various pieces of DVBE ‑related information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - In 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21, the state allocated part of its required debt payment funding (pursuant to Proposition  2 [2014]) to CalSTRS. Specifically, the state made supplemental payments of $1.1  billion in 2019 ‑20 and $297  million in 2020 ‑21 toward the state ’s share of CalSTRS ’ UAO.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - Eligible Firms ’ Gross Receipts Must Have Declined in 2020. To be eligible, a firm ’s gross receipts must have dropped by at least 20  percent from 2019 to 2020. Firms that file taxes on a fiscal year basis must have incurred a decline of 20  percent or more in 2018 ‑19 as compared to either (1)  2019 ‑20 or (2)  the average of 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

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

Feb 27, 2026 - In addition to these priorities, up to 20 other dispatch centers (those in most urgent need) will also be moved onto the statewide network. As  a  final part of phase one, in the fall of 2026, OES (in  partnership with CDT) will establish long ‑term contracts with its statewide Next Generation 911 vendor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - Prior to the start of the pandemic, ABC projected that its licensing fee revenues would be $83.7  million in 2019-20. However, actual revenues collected in 2019-20 were $77.5  million, or about 7.4  percent lower than expected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705