The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - (Please see our report, The 2025-26 Budget: Transportation Proposals , for more background on the MVA.) At the time of the 2025-26 budget enactment, the administration projected a $166 million shortfall in the account and therefore proposed—and the Legislature adopted—shifts from two other special funds to cover some MVA expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - As of October 10, 2025, the Department of Finance reported a cumulative total of $533.8  million (across 2024-25 and 2025-26) allocated through the control sections. (See text box titled, “Special Session Had Notable Budgetary Implications, ” in The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan for more information.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Between July 2019 and August 2025, Next Generation 911  system development costs in accordance with the regional approach totaled $456   million. The total cost to simultaneously operate legacy 911 during these same years was $148   million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Based on the reduced scope of the contract relative to what had been assumed in the 2025-26 budget, and the time it takes to identify and implement efficiencies, the administration revised the expected savings from the contract to $245  million General Fund in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies Format: HTML Description: The 2025-26 budget appropriated up to $20 million to the Department of Finance (DOF) to contract with a consulting firm to assist and advise DOF in creating efficiencies through process improvements in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

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

Feb 11, 2026 - The revised 2025-26 budget for CCAP includes $3.4  million CCF and 13 positions. Provisional Licensees Did Not Have Appeal Rights, Which Contributed to Dearth of Cases Between 2017-18 and 2025-26. In 2018-19, CCAP asserted that in light of the thousands of applications that were being received by DCC at the time, that “hundreds of appeals ” would follow.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Governor ’s 2025-26 Budget In this section, we discuss (1)  what is assumed in the Governor ’s proposed 2025-26 budget under Control Section 4.05 and 4.12 and (2)  the report that the administration submitted to the Legislature as part of the January 10 budget proposal to identify the assumed savings under these two control sections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Introduction On January 10, 2025, Governor Newsom ’s administration presented its proposed state budget to the California Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the Governor ’s budget based on our initial review as of January 12.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - For the purposes of the state DVBE program, a “disabled veteran ” is defined as a veteran of the U.S. military, naval, or air service, who has a service ‑connected disability rating of at least 10  percent, and resides in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [Publication Details]

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions [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/5081