The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Growth in CHP ’s expenditures, however, has been outpacing the MVA ’s revenue increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - These updates should include, for each workstream, a discussion of the primary activities accomplished in the quarter, any significant changes in activities or time lines relative to the last report, and discussion of activities and time lines for the upcoming quarter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package allocates funds authorized by Proposition  4, which provided $10  billion in bond funds for activities designed to increase the state ’s resilience to the impacts of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - The number of certified DVBEs with active state contracts is somewhat unclear. This is because only state entities that use the Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) are able to easily identify the number of unique DVBEs they contract with.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - As a result, in previous years, the amount of information provided directly to the Legislature on the Governor’s emergency response activities has varied.At times, the administration has established a process for updating the Legislature with information on such activities during ongoing states of emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Project Success Will Hinge on Robust Change Management Activities. The success of the development and implementation of the CSPS IT project will depend on whether or not change management activities sufficiently prepare departments to onboard onto the new system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - For example, a lack of social connectedness could affect a person ’s well-being and mental health, but the proposed activities do not seem targeted around proven strategies to improve these issues. Unclear How Proposed Activities Would Address Stated Problem.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Mar 18, 2025 - If supporting commercial activities is a high priority for the Legislature, a modest one-time augmentation within certain existing programs —such as California Competes —likely would be more effective.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In particular, we offer background information; comments on revenue trends, CDTFA ’s enforcement activities, and the AB  3218 budget change proposal (BCP); and questions that budget subcommittees may wish to ask about these issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Apr 3, 2025 - DFPI operations can be divided into various established programs dedicated to regulating specific professions and entities as well as other activities. These include the following: Investment Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025