The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Chapter 115 (SB 162, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) appropriated from the General Fund an unspecified amount to county elections officials and the Secretary of State for the “actual and reasonably necessary costs, as determined by the Director of Finance,” to conduct the election.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - Chapter  2 of 2021 (SB  115, Skinner) authorized the Department of Finance to provide local governments with cashflow loans in 2021-22 in order to more expeditiously administer qualifying applications seeking assistance through the federal emergency rental assistance programs established as a response to the COVID-19 public health emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

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

Feb 25, 2025 - The Health and Human Services Agency is the largest state agency in terms of state funding (about $115  billion in the current-year enacted budget), whereas the Transportation Agency has the most positions (about 43,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987