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

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - Simplifying these aspects of the funding plan could help improve legislative oversight, lessen the volatile effects of investment returns on the state ’s actuarially required contribution rate, and align impacts of investment returns across the state ’s and employers ’ actuarially required contribution rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - These include the following: Investment Program. Regulates the offer and sale of certain financial securities and franchises, and licenses and examines broker-dealers and investment advisors. (Financial securities are tradable financial assets, such as stocks and bonds.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - The fiscal pressure facing the state does not support the General Fund investment in this proposal, particularly when more detailed information needed for legislative oversight is unavailable and some alternative funding sources may be explored.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Recent Major Funding Increase for Federal Broadband Programs Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Included $65   Billion for Broadband Programs Nationwide. In November 2021, the federal IIJA was signed into law providing $65  billion for broadband programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also provides $65  billion in federal funding for broadband infrastructure projects nationwide, with $42.45  billion allocated to the BEAD program mostly for state-administered last-mile broadband infrastructure project grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Even if the Legislature did want to invest more state funds towards youth workforce development, funding this program on an ongoing basis before data are available about its effectiveness is premature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - The funding would provide HCD the flexibility necessary to maintain the supply and quality of the affordable rental housing uni ts for which there has already been a significant public investment. Continues State Excess Sites Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - While this seems like a reasonable strategy, whether the short ‑term options proposed by the administration are most effective, especially in the context of what the state already has invested towards housing and homelessness infrastructure, is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Feb 25, 2025 - . $67,854 338.3 Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control Licenses and regulates persons and businesses engaged in the manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of alcoholic beverages. 106,942 Licenses and regulates persons and businesses involved in commercial cannabis activities. 169,463 650.0 Department of Consumer Affairs Provides centralized services for 36 different boards, bureaus, a
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987