The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2026 - This brief summarizes the history, costs, and current status of the state’s effort to deploy a Next Generation 911 system and assesses the administration’s proposal to abandon the existing regional approach in favor of a statewide model. It also offers recommendations regarding legislative oversight of this project and the long-term governance of the state’s 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - The additional amount that would be needed depends on many different variables, including: (1)  the extent to which the state is able to incorporate the existing Next Generation 911  components deployed under the regional approach, (2)  how quickly it can decommission the legacy 911 system, (3)  the cost of the interim contract and solutions, and (4)  the time (and cost) of building out and deploying the new statewide  system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's California Highway Patrol budget proposals for (1) equipment and operating costs and (2) capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Department States That High Costs and Low Vacancy Rates Have Created Unique Cost Pressures … CHP states that it cannot depend on its historical approach to fund these activities —and therefore needs the proposed supplemental augmentation —because (1)  inflation and other costs like technology upgrades have led to uniquely higher costs, and (2)  it has
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget includes provisional language authorizing the Department of Finance to augment State Emergency Telephone Number Account fund expenditure authority by amounts “necessary to continue implementation of the Next Generation 9-1-1 system, including transition from the legacy 9-1-1 system, ” subject to 30-day legislative notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Workstream 1: CDCR —Procurement and Inventory Management. BCG is expected to analyze CDCR ’s procurement and inventory management processes, contracts, and financial data to identify opportunities for CDCR to save money by (1)  renegotiating, consolidating, or eliminating contracts and (2)  reducing quantities purchased or switching to a different product type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - It also requires prime contractors to certify, at contract completion, (1)  the percentage of work the prime contractor committed to provide to a DVBE subcontractor, and (2)  that the DVBE subcontractor has been paid for that  work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Of the 295 emergencies, wildfires represented 130 (44  percent) while storms represented 86 (29  percent) as shown in Figure  1. The remaining include 11 droughts (4  percent), 9 earthquakes (3  percent), and 6 energy and 6 health emergencies (2  percent each), as well as 5 freeze and 5 wind ‑related emergencies (2  percent each).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Senate Bill  164 made two changes to DRE ’s fee structure: (1)  it increased various fees, and (2)  it provided statutory caps under which DRE may make additional adjustments to its fees through the regulatory process without having to seek legislative authorization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019