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

Feb 27, 2026 - In the 2025 ‑26 Budget Act , the Legislature directed OES to provide two reports on major challenges, solutions, expenditures, and a time line for the Next Generation 911 system. We recommend that the Legislature continue to direct OES to provide project and expenditure reports to the Legislature, preferably on a monthly (project) and quarterly (expenditures) basis in 2026 ‑27 and ongoing until legacy 911 has been fully decommissioned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available. (The total number of authorized officer positions for the department has remained roughly the same since 2012.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - On December 23, 2019, Governor Newsom terminated 61 states of emergency dating back to January 2011. All of these states of emergency were proclaimed under the previous administration but had not been  terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Since the passage of Chapter  730 of 2022 (A B  2019 , Brough), OSDS must establish and take remedial actions when state entities have failed to meet their DVBE participation goals in three of five prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - (We note that in addition to departmental budgetary savings noted above, Control Section 4.05 also reduced state General Fund expenditures at the university systems.) 2025-26 Budget Act Authorized Up to $20  Million for Contract Initially Estimated to Achieve $2  Billion General Fund Annual Savings Across Three Departments by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount reflects the remainder of the original $68  million that the 2022-23 Budget Act provided for this initiative. The 2025-26 Budget Act shifts the initiative from the State Library to DGS, with the intent to expedite its administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - COVID-19 Spending and Control Section 11.91 The 2021 ‑22 Budget Act provides $1.7  billion one time from the General Fund for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-related activities. As shown in Figure  2, these funds are allocated to nine state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

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

Mar 1, 2023 - The 2018 ‑19  Budget Act included 26  permanent positions and $11.5  million from the Service Revolving Fund on a two ‑year basis for cannabis workload at OAH. The 2020 ‑21 Budget Act extended the $11.5  million from the Service Revolving Fund for three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724