The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Removing 30  Percent Cap on Individual Awards Reasonable. Current rules stipulate that an applicant may not receive more than 30  percent of the grant funding available in a fiscal year. Since the Governor ’s proposal would provide $60  million for grants, compared to $120  million in prior iterations, the cap on individual awards would be $18  million, down from $36  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 24, 2025 - Under the proposal, these funds would be available for expenditure until June 30, 2029. (Unspent funds from 2022-23 and 2023-24 have already reverted.) Assessment Administration Seeks Additional Time in Pilot Phase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

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

Apr 3, 2025 - However, the accounting firm ’s evaluation of DFPI ’s established programs found an additional $30  million in unfunded balances across established subprograms that are not in the administration ’s proposed bill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 1, 2022 - We find that adding regional staff to support the Farm to School Program likely would contribute to an increase in statewide adoption of farm to school practices, such as by helping to incorporate healthy food options into school meals and increasing opportunities for nutrition education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Approximately 380,000 California veterans (about 30  percent) have a service ‑connected disability, which is defined as a disability that was caused (or made worse) by military service. Of California ’s service ‑disabled veterans, nearly half (approximately 174,000) have disability ratings exceeding 70  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Aug 17, 2023 - Grant recipients would be required to operate the facilities and units added by the bond for at least 30 years. The proposal is silent on the types of entities that would be eligible to receive grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The Legislature could require that the Governor renew each state of emergency separately at specific intervals of time, such as every 30 to 120 days, until the emergency is terminated. Alternatively, the Legislature could require that the Governor renew each state of emergency initially after a period of time, such as 30 to 120 days, with the initial renewal being required to specify when the state of emergency will be terminated or reviewed  again.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Once the Governor submits the plan to the Legislature, (1)  the Little Hoover Commission has 30 days to issue a report reviewing the plan and (2)  the Legislature has 60 days to consider the proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987