The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Proposals

Feb 20, 2022 - Third, the proposal includes funding to align reimbursements provided to local governments for their cost of participating in mobile training exercises for search and rescue teams with their current actual costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

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

Aug 17, 2023 - Funding for five rounds have been awarded as follows: (1) $145  million for mobile crisis infrastructure, (2) $16  million for county and tribal planning grants, (3) $519  million for “launch ready ” projects, (4) $481  million for projects targeted at children and youth, and (5)  a general-purpose round totaling $480  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - Figure 2 Governor ’s 2023 ‑24 Budget IT Project Proposals a (In Millions) Enterprise Data to Revenue Project 2 135.0 Statewide Correctional Video Surveillance Continuation 87.7 Electronic Adjudication Management System Modernization 21.1 Heavy ‑Duty Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program Per SB 210 14.1 Uniform Fiscal System Modernization and the Consumer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Allocates 2  percent ($20  million per round) of funding to tribes. Allocates 18  percent of funding ($180  million per round) towards bonuses for entities that meet program goals, at the discretion of HCFC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's California Highway Patrol budget proposals for (1) equipment and operating costs and (2) capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - This allowed the Governor to mobilize and coordinate resources ahead of the storm ’s forecasted impacts. Emergencies have also been proclaimed after events causing the emergency conditions have passed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package (1)  extends the PTET through tax year 2030, and (2)  allows taxpayers to make a late prepayment for tax years 2026 onward, subject to a 12.5  percent reduction in the corresponding credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/