The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - (The administration indicates it may request that the Legislature take early budget action on the current-year proposal.) As shown in Figure  1, the proposal includes funding for ten categories of activities, with the three largest relating to vehicles (insurance, new vehicle purchases, and fuel).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Third, OES awarded the five ‑year contracts that would begin the actual building and deployment of a Next Generation 911 system in this same year. Legacy 911 and Next Generation 911 were to work in parallel until dispatch centers could be transitioned to the new system —at which point the legacy system would be largely decommissioned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The 2025-26 budget included up to $20  million for DOF to enter into one or more new contracts to implement process improvements that allow the state to reduce costs. 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 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of our post for more information.) This decrease is largely due to the expiration of limited term funding provided in prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - Recommendation Provide Funding on a Three-year, Limited-Term Basis and Require Workload Report. We recommend that the Legislature approve the proposed funding on only a three-year, limited-term basis, as it has done in past years when the panel ’s resource needs were not known.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - New York —The Service ‑Disabled Veteran ‑Owned Business program participation goal in New York is set at 6  percent. Washington —In Washington, state agencies have been charged with meeting a 5  percent veteran ‑owned business participation goal overall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - The approved baseline project schedule anticipates project completion in September 2031, meaning the development and implementation of the new payroll system is expected to take about six years. The onboarding of departments onto the new payroll system, which will occur in waves, could begin as early as May 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Feb 20, 2025 - CMD Seeks New Classroom Building for STARBASE Los Alamitos in Order to Expand Services . CMD asserts that a new, bigger educational space could serve as many as 900 additional students annually. The department indicates that a new classroom building could accommodate approximately 50 STARBASE classes during the school year, which would effectively eliminate the typical annual program waitlist.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

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

Mar 18, 2025 - It provides nonrefundable tax credits to companies in exchange for a commitment to increase employment and investment in the state over several years. GO-Biz selects applicants via a competitive application process and negotiates individual agreements with each successful applicant, including year-by-year milestones an d corresponding credit allocations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - We recommend that the Legislature approve the proposed fee increases on a limited-term, three-year basis. We also recommend directing DFPI to report annually for three years beginning on January 10, 2026, on the amount of revenue received from each increased fee and how this compares to what the department projected would be received.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025