The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - For this reason, every new expenditure from the account —especially those that are comparatively large —should be well justified and clear a high bar for approval. Historically, CHP Has Funded Equipment and Operational Costs Through Its Base Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Feb 27, 2026 - While OES has provided high ‑level descriptions of its plans, it has not presented critical details to the Legislature, leaving key questions unanswered, including the following: What Is the Nature and Scope of the Problem?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Participating students learn Computer Assisted Design, robotics, and physics, and launch high-powered rockets and high-altitude weather balloons. As of 2023, STARBASE Los Alamitos had three authorized classrooms for the over 3,500 students a year who visit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

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

Mar 11, 2025 - As a result, we do not think this proposal meets the high benchmark needed to justify new spending. Therefore, we recommend rejecting the Governor ’s proposals to expand College Corps and make it ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - As we describe below, while we think there is merit to the Department of Finance (DOF) finding operational efficiencies, we think there is a high risk that the level of savings assumed from these two unallocated reductions will not fully materialize in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Using this measure, “high representation white ” is defined as zip codes where at least 85  percent of residents are white, “high representation Hispanic/Latino ” is 71  percent, “high representation Black ” is 10  percent, and “high representation Asian ” is 28  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2023-24 Budget: Governor’s Proposals for the Department of General Services

Mar 1, 2023 - Harris Building and the Van Nuys State Building —as high ‑priority system replacement; one as medium to high; one as medium; and four as low. In fact, three of the low ‑priority replacements were identified as “up ‑to ‑date, ” which the report defines as the system components are currently manufactured and supported and that these are essentially “new ” systems where replacement does not make economic sense.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - The list of identified savings that the administration provided to the Legislature provides very high-level information and does not fully meet the reporting requirements specified under the control sections for the January 10 reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975