Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, in a May 4, 2017 letter to JLBC, DOF indicated that the California Military Department required $1.6  million from DREOA for “unexpected equipment and personnel costs ” stemming from emergencies declared related to rainstorms and the damaged spillway of the Lake Oroville dam.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - The 2017-18 budget provided ten positions and $1.3  million for three years for the Organizational Change Management unit to support the boards and bureaus through business process reviews, as well as the department as a whole with planned special projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization State Board of Equalization Background Restrictions Imposed in 2017 Changed BOE ’s Hiring Process. In 2017, the administration and the Legislature responded to the State Board of Equalization ’s (BOE) organizational problems with major actions, including: Loss of Delegations From Department of Human Resources (CalHR).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

The 2021-22 Budget: Peace Officer Training Mandate

Feb 4, 2021 - Chapter   469 r equired FTOs assigned or appointed prior to January 2017 t o meet the eight hour training requirement by June 2017. The Governor ’s 2021 ‑ 22 b udget proposal would fully reimburse local governments for this aspect of the mandate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4344

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - The amount transferred to the General Fund has varied significantly year to year, ranging from $5  million in 2011 ‑12 to $36  million in 2017 ‑18. As a percentage of revenues, the transfer to the General Fund has varied from 9  percent of fee revenues in 2019 ‑20 to 41  percent of fee revenues in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - First, the number of eligible federal tax filers in 2018 and 2019 may be more (or less) than the number who filed in 2017. Second, low-income individuals who were not requ ired to file a federal return for 2018 could now file for 2019 in order to receive the benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

The 2020-21 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 7, 2020 - In July 2017, the Arts Council designated 14 areas across the state as cultural districts. Starting in 2017 ‑18, the Arts Council awarded each of these districts $5,000 stipends per year for two years as an incentive to participate in the pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4148

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 1, 2022 - In 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  237 (S B  27 , Skinner) which, among other things, required the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), to establish a Natural Working Lands Strategy by July 1, 2023 in coordination with CDFA, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and other state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510

The 2023-24 Budget: Governor’s Proposals for the Department of General Services

Mar 1, 2023 - Chapter  628 of 2017 (S B  498 , Skinner) requires DGS to ensure that at least 50  percent of the light ‑duty vehicles purchased for the state fleet each fiscal year are ZEVs (such as electric vehicles).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724