The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 9, 2022 - To increase awareness about the program and to recruit volunteers, California Volunteers would develop a robust marketing campaign using social media platforms, such as Facebook and Ring Neighborhoods, and provide communications support to neighborhood leaders. $1.5   Million for Digital Infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The report did provide a high-level summary of activities to date, including that BCG had reviewed CDCR ’s third-party contracts and identified opportunities for CDCR to (1)  renegotiate, consolidate, and eliminate contracts and (2)  reduce quantities purchased or switch to a different product type.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Below, we provide data on the number of cases of potential noncompliance and program abuse, the most common type of alleged abuse, how OSDS responds to these cases, and whether state entities take additional measures to prevent it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Natcast plans to ramp up the facility ’s design and prototyping work over time, once it renovates the facility to enable those types of activities. Governor ’s Proposal $25  Million for Semiconductor Design Facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Grant recipients would be required to operate the facilities and units added by the bond for at least 30 years. The proposal is silent on the types of entities that would be eligible to receive grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - To inform this decision, the Legislature could direct OES and local law enforcement to provide their perspectives in spring budget hearings on the key weaknesses of the LEMA system that are best ad dressed through state reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - By type, wildfires and storms made up the majority of these proclamations. Of the 295 emergencies, wildfires represented 130 (44  percent) while storms represented 86 (29  percent) as shown in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029