Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Advantages to the bidder include bid price adjustments (in the case of lowest price contracts) or point increases (in the case of contracts awarded based on scoring crite ria). For example, in contracts awarded based on the lowest price, a bidder’s “price” can be adjusted downward for the purpose of awarding the contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The department has always faced costs related to inflation, replacement of old equipment, and increases in gas prices —these are not anomalous events. As such, why the department needs an augmentation for covering baseline costs this year rather than accommodating them through relying on its historical practice is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Similarly, authorizing the department to set hourly examination fees at a price that includes overhead would allow it to more fully recoup costs for a comparatively complex set of auditing and assessment tasks and se rvices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Other services might be added to complement private vendor service offerings, rather than the State Data Center continuing to offer  similar services to private vendors. At the end of the process, the administration might recommend some services be shifted from cost recovery to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

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

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - …But Some Nonreporting Entities Said Private Vendors Offered Better Levels of Service and Pricing for IS and IT Services. While some nonreporting entities cited an interest in CDT ’s SOC and State Data Center IT service offerings, these entities decided that their contracts with private vendors offered comparable or better levels of service and pricing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

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

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

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