The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - BCG is expected to assist DHCS in developing a centralized mechanism for monitoring MCOs along various performance indicators including timely claims payment and dispute resolution, quality of care, and compliance with legal requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Next, we assess the degree to which the authorities granted to the Governor are necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mec hanisms of this authority in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Mar 11, 2025 - California Volunteers currently partners with 18 community colleges; 16 California State University (CSU) campuses; 7 University of California (UC) campuses; and 4 private, nonprofit universities. Applicants must also meet one of the following conditions: (1)  qualify for a Pell Grant, Cal Grant, or Middle Class Scholarship (MCS); (2)  need to work part time to cover education costs; or (3)  have borrowed student loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The MVA ’s primary source of revenue is from vehicle registration fees, as well as —to a lesser degree —from driver ’s license and identification card fees. CHP receives roughly 60  percent of the MVA revenues ($3  billion) annually, with most of the remainder supporting activities at the Department of Motor Vehicles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

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

Mar 1, 2023 - Direct digital control systems offer a high level of control for building mechanical and electrical systems and can allow managers to monitor trends in their building ’s mechanical and electrical performance, thus increasing operational and energy efficiency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Further, the proposal has no clear mechanism to inform the Legislature of any reductions made through the administrative exercises. Magnitude of Reduction Likely Would Result in Erosion of State Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - We find these mechanisms to be inadequate going into 2025-26. Changes in EDDNext Funding Allocations and IT Projects in 2024-25 Raise Additional Legislative Oversight Considerations. In addition to the important milestones expected in 2025-26, underspending and shifting of funding allocations for current IT and non-IT projects in the EDDNext portfolio —as well as consolidation of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

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

Feb 27, 2026 - In particular, OES asserts that the regional approach “requires a large degree of coordination between Next Generation 911 providers and strict adherence to a single set of interface rules which are unique to California ’s configuration and are not addressed in the National Emergency Numbers Association (NENA) standards. ” Call handling procedures in the hybrid legacy/Next Generation 911 configuration generated additional work for dispatch center  staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 7, 2025 - (The project added California State University as a mega processing department for this analysis because, although they are not a civil service state department, their payroll is processed by the current USPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011