The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  1, the proposal includes funding for ten categories of activities, with the three largest relating to vehicles (insurance, new vehicle purchases, and fuel). Figure 1 Governor ’s Proposed CHP Equipment and Operating Costs Augmentations (In Millions) Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - In other areas —such as in Los Angeles County, North San Juaquin Valley, San Diego-Imperial, and the Superior region (northern inland counties) —RAND estimates a shortage in some categories but a surplus in other categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - OSDS recognizes five categories of alleged program abuse violations: underutilization, illegal substitution, cases where both underutilization and illegal substitution occur, CUF, and certification fraud.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - As shown in Figure  1, DRE expects the annual number of applications received across most major real estate sales and broker licensing categories to decline in 2024-25, with the largest reductions occurring in the categories of first-time or new applications.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

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

Mar 18, 2025 - If the Legislature approves this proposal, we recommend adding explicit requi rements to assess a grant applicant ’s inability to use tax credits. California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - DOF identified 116.5 positions that fall into this category. The 2025-26 budget gives JLBC until January 1, 2026 to review and express nonconcurrence of this subset of positions identified for elimination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Discretionary Proposals The Governor ’s budget includes three categories of discretionary proposals, which are those that are not already committed to under current law or policy. First, some proposals provide short ‑term budget savings that create more budget capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Further, with the report provided to the Legislature not identifying non-General Fund funding sources beyond labeling them “other funds, ” it is not clear whether this category includes just special funds or other non-General Fund state funding sources or even nonstate sources, for example, federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Figure 9 shows the total amount of state and federal assistance by zip code using four income categories. (See the previous box for a description of how these categories were defined.) As the left side of the figure shows, the highest ‑income zip codes received the most total assistance from state grants and federal loan forgiveness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824