The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Figure  2 shows the projected savings assumed at the time of the Governor ’s budget. As discussed further below, the administration indicates that the May Revision likely will reflect further erosion to the assumed level of savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - What evidence is there showing that the transition to a statewide approach will solve the problems identified above or problems that lead OES to propose abandoning the regional approach? What Other Options Were Considered?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Alternatively, it could wait until more data has been collected showing the need for change. If the Legislature is concerned about state entities not achieving the 3  percent goal, it could request OSDS to provide information on which entities meet the goal (and why) and which struggle (and why) to inform potential program changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Figure  2 shows that the Governor ’s 2025-26 proposed budget would provide $3  billion (all funds) for BCSH, of which $531  million is General Fund. Special funds provide a significant share of funding for BCSH ’s business- and consumer services-related functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Figure 9 shows the how much grants in higher ‑income zip codes exceeded the lowest ‑income zip codes in percent  terms. As the figure shows, while middle ‑ and higher ‑income zip codes received slightly more in state grants than lower ‑income zip codes did, the difference is more pronounced for federal PPP loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - As Figure  2 shows, the number of applicants exceeded 10,000 in 2024-25. Despite this level of demand, California Volunteers shared that at its current funding level, the program cannot expand the number of slots for Fellows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Mar 18, 2025 - While characteristics of CA RISE participants are not available, data from LA:RISE show that likely participants have difficulty maintaining stable employment. Prior to program participation, about one-third of LA:RISE participants had no job in the past five years, one-third were CalFresh recipients, under one-third had stable housing, and over half had been previously arrest ed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Figure  3 shows the distribution of the 36 states by the amount of time in which their Governors or Legislatures must act. At the federal level, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) was enacted in 1976 to rein in presidential emergency powers and provides that a national emergency will end automatically after one year unless the President publishes a notice of renewal in the Federal Register.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Figure  1 shows how these proposals are distributed by program area. (Appendix 3, also provides a list of these proposals.) As the figure shows, most of the discretionary increases are to finance some capital outlay projects with cash instead of lease revenue bonds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662