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

Feb 27, 2026 - In 2015, the Legislature directed the Office of Emergency Services (OES) to develop a plan for transitioning to Next Generation 911. Initially, OES adopted a regional approach for the project consisting of four regional networks and a single statewide back ‑up provider, intended to enhance resiliency of the system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining 53  states of emergency declared since October 30, 2015 that were still open on December 31, 2024 had been open for an average of about two years —ranging from a couple weeks to over nine years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2015-2018, according to a rigorous third-party evaluation , LA:RISE participants had higher earnings and employment while working at an ESE but did not see long-term benefits after the transitional job ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - In 2015, DCA established OIO ’s predecessor, the Organizational Change Management unit, in response to findings from the California State Auditor that future IT projects should include a process for planning and implementing effective organizational change management.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704

The 2021-22 Budget: Peace Officer Training Mandate

Feb 4, 2021 - Chapter   469 o f 2015 (S B  29 , Beall) increased training requirements for peace officers and FTOs. Specifically , Chapter  469 directed POST to require that FTOs have at least eight hours of crisis intervention behavioral health training by June 2017 o r within 180 days of assignment or appointment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4344

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For example, lower and warmer water levels in the Sacramento River in the summers of 2014 and 2015 resulted in the death  of 95  p ercent of the river ’s juvenile winter ‑run Chinook salmon in those years —practically  eliminating two out of three existing cohorts of this endangered species.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - In 2015, the federal government established the Precision Medicine Initiative , which combines efforts of various federal agencies to further precision medicine and allocated $215 million for precision medicine research.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523