The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation [Publication Details]

Apr 3, 2025 - In this post, we assess administration-proposed trailer bill language that would increase certain fees charged by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and make recommendations to help ensure the department has the resources it needs to meet its oversight and regulatory mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5025

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

Apr 3, 2025 - This method of financing puts the cost of regulation on those who receive regulatory services (such as the issuance of a license, the review of an application, or enforcement against fraudulent actors).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - For example, the Department of Real Estate (DRE) provides occupational licensing of real estate agents and mortgage brokers, the California Housing Finance Agency administers financing programs for qualified first-time home buyers, and the Civil Rights Department enforces state anti-discrimination laws in housing and related services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - In 2022, an independent assessment of DRE ’s finances found a structural imbalance between costs and revenue. In response, the Legislature enacted budget trailer legislation —Chapter  41 of 2024 (SB  164, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) —as part of the 2024-25 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

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

Mar 7, 2025 - SCO and CalHR worked with the California Department of Technology (CDT), in consultation with the Department of Finance (DOF), to plan the CSPS project through the state ’s IT project approval process —the Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Figure 2 Questions for Legislative Committees to Ask Affected Departments and the Department of Finance (DOF) Budgeting Methodology What information from departments did DOF review to arrive at the identified savings?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Specifically, we recommend: (1)  remove the extended encumbrance and expenditure deadlines in proposed provisional budget bill language (BBL); (2)  add a 30-day written notification period for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) to review the final project plan for the proposed ICMS/IDM IT project if planning extends into 2025-26; (3)  require the California Department of Technology
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Most notably, the statute authorizes the Department of Finance (DOF) to transfer funds from the Special Fund for Economic Uncertainties (SFEU) to the Disaster Response ‑Emergency Operations Account (DREOA) and allocate funds from DREOA to state departments for disaster response operations costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2020 - In this report we provide the Legislature context for the state’s homelessness crisis, provide an update on major recent state efforts to address homelessness, assess the Governor’s 2020‑21 homelessness plan, propose a framework to help the Legislature develop its own plan and funding allocations, and offer an alternative to the Governor’s 2020‑21 budget proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4152

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 11, 2020 - However, one ‑time funding is not a sustainable financing mechanism to subsidize rents and board and care facility rates. As a result, whether the Governor ’s proposal would have an enduring effect on preventing homelessness among at ‑risk individuals is much less clear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4152