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

Feb 27, 2026 - The  Legislature then enacted Chapter  926  of  2014 (S B  1211 ,  Padilla), which directed OES to develop a plan and time line for testing, implementing, and operating a Next Generation 911 system, including text ‑to ‑911.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2026 - This brief summarizes the history, costs, and current status of the state’s effort to deploy a Next Generation 911 system and assesses the administration’s proposal to abandon the existing regional approach in favor of a statewide model. It also offers recommendations regarding legislative oversight of this project and the long-term governance of the state’s 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5145

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - Integrated Contact Center This project seeks to modernize the department ’s contact center through (among other improvements) additional self ‑service options, enhanced voice recognition, and multi ‑language functionality.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - DCC licenses and regulates commercial cannabis activity, including the cultivation, manufacture, testing, sale, and transportation of cannabis goods. For example, the department oversees testing laboratories that make sure cannabis is safe for consumption, which includes reviewing license applications, conducting routine inspections, investigating complaints, taking enforcemen t actions, and conducting investigative sample analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Rate Development Process for State Data Center IT Services. CDT sets State Data Center IT  service rates to recover the cost of services, both direct (such as hardware and software) and indirect (such as internal CDT administration).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Among many other provisions, the law established the National Semiconductor Technology Center (NSTC) and Natcast. The NSTC is a cooperative public-private effort to advance semiconductor research and development (R &D).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - This post provides an overview of information security (IS) proposals in the Governor’s 2023-24 budget, including our assessment and recommendations across the proposals and specific to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

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

Mar 11, 2025 - For example, UC Los Angeles (UCLA) has a UCLA Volunteer Center that partners with local community and campus organizations to get students involved in civic engagement. Community engagement and service centers and opportunities exist at other UC campuses, as well as at community colleges and private universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Consider Monitoring State Data Center Rate Reassessment Process for IT Services. Another option the Legislature could consider is to monitor the progress of the rate reassessment process for the State Data Center that is currently underway to verify that IT services hosted by the State Data Center will be comparable both in levels of service and price to major private vendors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756