The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - CalEPA = California Environmental Protection Agency; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery; CARB = California Air Resources Board; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle; CCC = California Conservation Corps; CEC = California Energy Commission; CNRA = California Natural Resources Agency; DFW =
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432/7

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - California is one of 16  states and 2 cities receiving special Centers for Disease Control and Prevention funding to plan for the health impacts of climate change. California ’s program, California Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (CalBRACE), housed in CDPH ’s OHE, is focused on the health impacts of rising temperatures and extreme heat, wildfire, and sea ‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Scientists suggest the combination of these factors could lead to a 50  percent increase in runoff in future years, challenging the capacity of the state ’s existing reservoirs, canals, levees, and other flood control systems, and increasing the risk of inland flooding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Assuming that the Lanterman Act continues to serve as the foundational policy for the state ’s developmental services system, the Legislature generally has relatively limited discretion to control spending growth by adjusting caseload or utilization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes new utilization management practices to control Medi-Cal pharmacy spending, beginning in January 2026. For example, DHCS plans to end an existing policy providing automatic coverage of drugs for existing users when the drugs are removed from Medi-Cal ’s contract drug list.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Certain networks operate among public health laboratories in California, while other networks work nationally with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and public hea lth laboratories in other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Many  factors likely helped control drug inflation over time, such as growing use of generic drugs (described more in the next paragraph). While inflation has slowed, drug prices vary considerably, with some drugs orders of magnitude more expensive than others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - Somewhat less notably, spending also has increased for drugs that help control blood sugar, kidney disease, and heart disease among diabetics (known as Sodium ‑Glucose Cotransporter  2, or SGLT2, inhibitors).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Public Health's COVID‑19 Response [Publication Details]

Feb 5, 2021 - This publication describes how coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spending is reflected in the California Department of Public Health’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4347

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - As a result, one of the state ’s most important roles in complementing federal efforts is to restore economic activity by controlling the spread of the virus, for example, through rapid vaccine distribution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309