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

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

Feb 27, 2026 - After these dispatch centers have been migrated, OES will focus on deploying Next Generation 911 services to the Los  Angeles area, to help prepare for the 2028  Olympic and Paralympic games. In addition to these priorities, up to 20 other dispatch centers (those in most urgent need) will also be moved onto the statewide network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Some Northern California metros, including San Francisco, San Jose, Napa, and Salinas received disproportionally more restaurant grants while some Southern California metro areas, including San Luis Obispo and Los Angeles, received more shuttered venue grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

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

Aug 17, 2023 - In the South San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay Area, RAND estimates a general shortfall across all categories. The shortage is generally most severe in these regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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

Feb 20, 2022 - OES only identified this issue when it became more acut e during the initial response to the COVID ‑19 pandemic as it took staff from the Southern Regional Office in Orange County a significant amount of time to commute to San Diego.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - OPR, in collaboration with the University of California (UC)San Francisco, issued a call for proposals to UC campuses. Two demonstration projects —California Kids Cancer Comparison at UC Santa Cruz and Precision Diagnosis of Acute Infectious Disease at UC San Francisco —were awarded funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

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

Mar 18, 2025 - The federal government has also supported various “demonstration projects ” placing participants in subsidized jobs at partner organizations, including in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Program models vary widely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Requiring the California Department of Public Health to assist the San Bernardino County Division of Environmental Health Services (SBDEHS) until the division could attain normal staffing levels following a 2015 terrorist attack on a training session involving 80 SBDEHS  employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - For  example, in the San Francisco Bay Area alone, a recent study led by the Bay Conservation and Development Commission estimated that with an anticipated four feet of flooding in the region from sea‑level rise over the next 40 to 100 years, 13,000 existing housing units and 104,000 existing job spaces will no longer be usable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Mar 1, 2023 - DGS buildings are located across the state, with a significant presence in the Sacramento region, as well as other major metropolitan areas such as the San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Los Angeles Area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724