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

Apr 3, 2025 - The independent accounting firm ’s report estimated that the department requires an additional $80.4  million through 2027-28 to support 8 of 13 established programs and subprograms, as well as an estimated $112.8  million through 2027-28 for its three new programs, for a total of $193.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - These zip codes have a median income of $79,000, somewhat lower than the statewide average of $89,000, and are nearly 40  percent rural compared to the statewide average of 8  percent. As we discussed earlier, rural and lower ‑income zip codes tended to receive less assistance than their urban and higher ‑income counterparts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - Specifically, the budget includes $8. 3  m illion from the Financial Protection Fund (FPF) and 44 p ositions for DFPI in 2020 ‑21 (increasing annually to $19. 2  m illion and 90 p ositions by 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - The Governor ’s proposed 2021 ‑22 appropriation for BOE is $31. 8  m illion — 30  p ercent higher than the amount spent in 2019 ‑20. At the same time, the Governor ’s proposal holds BOE ’s position authority constant at 192. 6 p ositions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - For  more information about these changes, see our March  20,  2023  brief — The 2023‑24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure —and the “Broadband Infrastructure” section of our November 8, 2023 post— The 2023‑24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - The proposal would make permanent 23 existing positions approved in 2020-21 for three fiscal years: 12 at CalOES, 8 at CMD, and 3 at CHP. The proposal also would add 14 new posi tions at CalOES and 3 new positions at CDT to expand their organizational capabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Seventy five percent of the funding ($30  million) will be distributed in two rounds of grants to local governments, another 20  percent ($8  million) will be set aside for local government technical assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

Judicial Branch Actions Responding to COVID-19

May 6, 2020 - For example, the Alameda Superior Court is allowing members of the public to conduct record searches between 8:30 A.M. and 3:00 P.M. However, access is limited to one or two people in the clerk ’s office at a time and computer use is limited to 15 minutes per person.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4227

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - We estimate that fully conforming to federal law could reduce state tax revenues by up to roughly $8  billion. There currently are legislative proposals to partially conform to the federal treatment of PPP loan forgiveness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

Nutrition Programs in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Mar 25, 2020 - On April 8, 2020, the federal government approved California ’s request to provide online food purchasing to SNAP beneficiaries. California is currently working with the federal government to expand the list of authorized online retailers (which currently include Amazon and Walmart).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4211