The 2021-22 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 1, 2021 - CAC indicates that funding would be allocated to grantees representing all 58 c ounties and that it would target funds to certain communities most impacted by COVID ‑19, including historically marginalized communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4337

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, for example, 85 of 150  mandatory reporters (57  percent) met the DVBE participation goal while 58 (39  percent) did not. (Seven, or 5  percent, made no reportable awards.) Ensuring Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been a Focus Ensuring That Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been an Historical Challenge With Violations Ranging From Inadvertent to Fraudulent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2021-22 Budget: Peace Officer Training Mandate

Feb 4, 2021 - Specifically , Chapter  469 directed POST to require that FTOs have at least eight hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training by June 2017 o r within 180 days of assignment or appointment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4344

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Department of Financial Protection and Innovation The budget provides $180  million for the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI), primarily from the Financial Protection Fund, which is largely supported by regulatory fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The budget package increases the amount of California Competes tax credits that the Governor ’s Office of Business and Economic Development may award from $180  million to $290  million for the 2021 ‑22 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

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/Report/5029

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Allocates 18  percent of funding ($180  million per round) towards bonuses for entities that meet program goals, at the discretion of HCFC. Previous years ’ budgets provided $950  million in HHAPP funding to cities, counties, and CoCs provided in the prior two rounds, as well as $500  million in flexible aid provided to cities and CoCs through the Homeless Emergency Aid Program in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A  2018   report  by the State Coastal Conservancy and The Nature Conservancy found that 55 percent of California’s existing coastal habitats are highly vulnerable to five feet of sea‑level rise, including 60 percent of the state’s iconic beaches and 58 percent of its marshes. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Once NTIA announces program allocations, each state must submit an initial proposal that describes how the state plans to use program funds for grants to ISPs, public entities, and other organizations within 180 days.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747