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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 18, 2025 - If the Legislature approves this proposal, we recommend adding explicit requi rements to assess a grant applicant ’s inability to use tax credits. California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Aug 17, 2023 - After selling bonds, the state makes annual payments over the following few decades until the bonds are paid off. (This is similar to the way a family pays off a mortgage.) Although when compared with the pay-as-you-go approach, the up-front cost to the state of bond financing a project is significantly lower, overall costs are higher due to the interest on the debt.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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

Feb 9, 2022 - A related shortcoming is that the initiative is unclear in how selected activities would be sustained and scaled, in turn potentially creating considerable future cost pressure for the state. A third shortcoming is that the added value of rewarding existing activities potentially begun without state direction, funding, or reporting is  questionable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In addition, it used more tax funds to offset General Fund spending on Medi ‑Cal, in turn reducing planned spending on provider rate increases. These solutions yielded General Fund savings of $11  billion through 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - (This was an underlying rationale for peeling off transportation from BTH and giving it its own agency 12 years ago.) Almost by definition, breaking apart any agency, however, would allow it to focus more on a smaller set of issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - Alternatively, the Legislature could add new out ‑year trigger reductions —in which spending triggers off under certain conditions —or by using other budget solutions, such as revenue increases or cost shifts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - If so, this could make noncompliance more lucrative for businesses, leading to lower compliance, which in turn could drive up the citation rate and seizure rate per inspection. AB  3218 BCP Governor Proposes $3.5  Million in 2025-26 for CDTFA to Implement New Laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - To inform this decision, the Legislature could direct OES and local law enforcement to provide their perspectives in spring budget hearings on the key weaknesses of the LEMA system that are best ad dressed through state reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982