The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - As discussed further below, the administration indicates that the May Revision likely will reflect further erosion to the assumed level of savings. Figure 2 2026 ‑27 Governors Budget Assumed Savings From $20 Million Contract (General Fund, In Millions) $810 CDCR = California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and DHCS = Department of Health Care Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - The 2026-27 amount is $127,000 (or 3.8  percent) more than the revised 2025-26 level. The Governor also proposes a one position reduction (from 13 to 12) in 2026-27 and ongoing. Assessment Still Too Early to Know What Actual Caseload and Workload Will Be.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - While OES has provided high ‑level descriptions of its plans, it has not presented critical details to the Legislature, leaving key questions unanswered, including the following: What Is the Nature and Scope of the Problem?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Because these savings were initially included in the Governor ’s January proposal, this and any other savings or eliminated positions in the report associated with departments now exempted from the exercises would further erode the savings that were originally assumed in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - For example, if an increase in fees contributed to the decline in applications, then an additional fee increase could further reduce applications. In this case, the net effect on revenue would be unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This is a net increase of $5  million (3  percent) over the revised 2024-25 level. (This does not reflect some adjustments related to Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the 2024-25 and 2025-26 budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - This lack of specificity further complicates the Legislature ’s ability to assess the merits of the proposal. Unclear How to Assess Degree to Which Proposed Funding Might Help Achieve Goals. A lack of clear problem definition makes it difficult to assess whether the proposal is well targeted to address intended outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Underutilization —the failure of prime contractors (who are the entities directly awarded contracts) to provide the level of work committed to DVBE subcontractors —was the most commonly investigated violation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Further, the proposal has no clear mechanism to inform the Legislature of any reductions made through the administrative exercises. Magnitude of Reduction Likely Would Result in Erosion of State Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903