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

Apr 3, 2025 - (Some states do not charge these specific fees, but may charge others.) Additionally, some of the proposed fee increases —such as the $15,000 maximum in the prorated Mortgage Bankers assessment and the $7,215 per office location Escrow assessment —outpace inflation by some measures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

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

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - (The actual price charged to the state if the contract is awarded does not change.) Similarly, in contracts awarded based on highest score, a bidder can receive additional points based on DVBE participation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - Thi s report should also include a comparative analysis showing how CCAP ’s caseload, tasks, positions, salaries, and budget compares to similar entities in state government, including ABCAB and any other state entities CCAP considers appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 1, 2023 - This proposal has merit because it would install additional charging infrastructure at state facilities as agencies are adding more electric vehicles to their fleet. However, the Governor ’s proposal would commit the state to $35  million in discretionary General Fund expenditures, as the state could choose to install fewer chargers than proposed; delay funding
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Natcast is the nonprofit organization in charge of the NSTC. Natcast Currently Relies on Federal Funding. On January 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce announced an award of “up to $6.3  billion ” to fund Natcast.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package also included supplemental reporting language requiring a report —due on or before March  1, 2026, and annually thereafter for three years —on the problems the program was designed to address and how the funds were used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 24, 2025 - To inform this decision, the Legislature could direct OES and local law enforcement to provide their perspectives in spring budget hearings on the key weaknesses of the LEMA system that are best ad dressed through state reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - (The project added California State University as a mega processing department for this analysis because, although they are not a civil service state department, their payroll is processed by the current USPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011