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Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - At the federal level, the National Emergencies Act (NEA) was enacted in 1976 to rein in presidential emergency powers and provides that a national emergency will end automatically after one year unless the President publishes a notice of renewal in the Federal Register.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2022-23 Budget: Vote by Mail Ballots: Prepaid Postage

May 13, 2022 - LAO Comments Since Enactment of Chapter   120, State Law Now Requires Elections Officials to Mail VBM Ballot to All Registered Voters … A subsequent state law, Chapter 312 of 2021 (AB 37, Berman), now requires elections officials to send every registered voter a VBM ballot, rather than only upon the request of a voter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4596

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Also, the project ’s risk register —a tool to identify potential risks to the completion of a project —cites upcoming collective bargaining in 2026 as a potential risk to the project schedule. A majority of state bargaining units must renegotiate new agreements that year, which is a significant amount of work for both CalHR and the unions representing bargaining units.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2020-21 Budget: Reinventing the Department of Business Oversight

Feb 26, 2020 - For example, if the Legislature decides not to have DFPI register all the NCPs —either because it does not find that registration provides sufficient value or because it would prefer to instead license some or all of these entities —the workload associated with registering these NCPs would be less than assumed in the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4181

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - For example, the legislation allows DFPI to promulgate regulations to require entities providing financial products or services to California consumers to register with the department. These providers are known as “new covered persons ” (NCPs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - In this post we analyze the Governor ’s proposal to waive the filing fee paid when a new limited partnership (LP), limited liability company (LLC), or corporation is registered with the Secretary of State (SOS) for the fiscal year of 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - For example, OIO reported that it worked with the Board of Registered Nursing to reduce certain application processing times by 64  percent in two years. However, OIO has not quantified how, if at all, examples like these have translated into measurable net benefits or net cost savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - The POAM and risk register identify areas of IS noncompliance or weaknesses, assets that are at risk, the entity ’s response to the risk as reflected in controls or plans of action, and any barriers or constraints on mitigation of the risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - These special funds include the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account ($60  million), Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund ($30  million), Board of Registered Nursing Fund ($30  million), Barbering and Cosmetology Contingent Fund ($25  million), Accountancy Fund ($10  million), State Dentistry Fund ($5  million), Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount of the High Polluter Repair
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Cannabis‑Related Proposals

Feb 14, 2020 - Additionally, we find that there is uncertainty regarding the level of ongoing workload for the Secretary of State because the number of businesses seeking to register and receive trademarks is likely to vary over time as the industry matures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4162