The 2021-22 Budget: Small Business Grants [Publication Details]

Jan 22, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Small Business Grants [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4316

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Additionally, stakeholders have raised concerns about the $10,000 withholding amount —arguing it may be too small to influence behavior on large contracts and too large for small businesses to manage —though current evidence is inconclusive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2025 - As required by Chapter 80 of 2020 (SB 588, Archuleta), this brief reviews California’s Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) program. Specifically, it focuses on policies and practices designed to prevent program abuse and noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5095

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - In recent years, smoke from wildfires has grown substantially and has been a major contributor to air pollution in the western United States —making up roughly half of small particulate matter in some regions, compared to less than 20 percent a decade ago.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Mar 1, 2023 - DGS  sets state procurement policies and promotes small and disabled veteran business participation in state contracting through outreach, certification, and education. Businesses that meet certain eligibility requirements, such as being a manufacturer with fewer than 100 employees, can be certified as a small business.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

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

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - Two other requests propose funding for the same type of IS software: California Department of Human Resources (CalHR) and Department of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) Separation of IS and Privacy Officer Roles and Responsibilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - As we discussed in this report, state assistance to businesses represented a very small share of the overall assistance provided to businesses during the pandemic because federal aid was so significant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues. This improves the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 24, 2025 - For example, if the Legislature finds that the central goal of the LEMA Assistance Fund is to ensure that small, rural, or resource-strapped local law enforcement agencies can afford to respond to requests for mut ual aid then the Legislature could limit the provision of funds to such agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982