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

Feb 27, 2026 - According to OES, Next Generation 911 network infrastructure “has been installed across the state and is now used to deliver both location services (911 caller location) and text ‑to ‑911 ” at all state dispatch centers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Feb 11, 2026 - Four cases reached the panel in subsequent years —2021 to 2024 —but all were withdrawn or dismissed because the appellants had provisional licenses. CCAP asserts that the dearth of cases during this period was attributable to the fact that large numbers of cannabis licensees held provisional licenses during these years, which meant they could not appeal to the CCAP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In doing so, we recommend that the Legislature weigh all its options ranging from letting the plan proceed as budgeted to rescoping or directing the administration to terminate the contract. If Legislature Moves Forward With the Contract, Require Quarterly Updates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - After OSDS investigations, roughly two ‑thirds of all closed cases resulted in no violation; about one ‑third resulted in sanctions, ranging from warnings to the loss of ability to do business with the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - State Employee Compensation Legislature Ratified New Agreements With All 21 Bargaining Units. Chapter 5 of 2025 (AB 102, Gabriel) amended the budget to include Control Section 3.90, which established an expectation that the administration would meet and confer in good faith with all 21 of the state’s bargaining units before July 1, 2025 to achieve budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Renewing All Ongoing States of Emergency Simultaneously at Set Times Each Year. The Legislature could instead require that the Governor renew all ongoing states of emergency simultaneously at set times of the year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - However, CMD reports it cannot serve all interested students and there is currently a waitlist for the program. CMD Seeks New Classroom Building for STARBASE Los Alamitos in Order to Expand Services .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Almost All DRE Funding Comes From the State Real Estate Fund. The revised 2024-25 budget includes $67  million and 384 positions for the operation of DRE, with nearly all of the funding coming from the Real Estate Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

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

Feb 19, 2025 - The control section applied to almost all of state government, including the university systems and the state operations of the judicial branch (local assistance funding for trial courts was reduced by a similar amount outside of the control sections).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975