The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - What change management efforts will be necessary to implement this proposed project? How will the project team coordinate these efforts to modernize how the state performs its payroll functions? How will the administration mitigate risks and address issues to avoid the outcome of the 21st Century Project, the predecessor to the proposed CSPS IT project?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - While the process currently only applies to GenAI projects, the administration expects to add additional technology projects (including state IT projects) to PDL in the future. Figure  3 provides a high-level graphical representation of the new PDL process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details]

Apr 29, 2025 - Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [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/5034

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - Phases of an IT Project. A state IT project goes through three distinct phases: (1)  planning, (2)  development and implementation (D &I), and (3)  maintenance and operations (M &O). Most state IT projects in the planning phase (referred to as proposed projects) are required to complete CDT ’s Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL) —the state ’s IT project approval process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES

Mar 5, 2025 - A month later, the project resubmitted its FFY 2025 APDU to ACF with all of the requested updates to project documents and information, including the remediated project schedule that reflects the project ’s holistic design approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5006

The 2025-26 Budget: CWS-CARES [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2025 - This post provides our analysis of the administration’s 2025-26 proposal for the Child Welfare Services-California Automated Response and Engagement System information technology project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5006

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - The state tax credits, meanwhile, serve to further enhance equity available for a subset of projects receiving federal tax credits so they, too, tend to support deeply affordable projects. A  significant benefit of using 9   percent tax credits for HDFC ‑awarded projects is that the state would have the ability to “stretch out ” its MHP (and other gap funding) among more projects than otherwise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: CalWORKs

Feb 18, 2026 - LAO Assessment Realignment Projections Appear Reasonable. At this time, the administration ’s projections for realignment funds in CalWORKs are within reason. We will revisit these projections at the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5122

The 2026-27 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Mar 3, 2026 - Even after accounting for a 2.8  percent federal SSI COLA in January 2026 and an estimated 3.1  percent SSI COLA projected for January 1, 2027, maximum SSI/SSP grant levels for individuals are projected to remain (and fall further below) the FPL through 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5148

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Current Project Status CSPS Recently Completed the State ’s IT Project Approval Process … In January 2025, CDT approved the CSPS IT project through the final stage of the PAL process —the Stage 4 Project Readiness and Approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011