The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - Regulates, supervises, and examines businesses that receive money for transmission and sell or issue payment instruments and stored value. (These can include businesses that issue money orders and traveler ’s checks, as well as those that offer digital payments, such as PayPal and Stripe.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - Currently, ABC has about 95,000 licensees across the state, including businesses such as winegrowers, liquor stores, and restaurants. ABC is supported primarily by its special fund, the ABC Fund, which receives revenue almost entirely from fees charged to these licensees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - We suggest that the Legislature consider the advantages and disadvantages of having CDTFA play this role as compared to other options, such as the Department of General Services. Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - In our interviews with business groups, we observed that there seemed to be a very limited awareness of state programs, even among some regional Chambers of Commerce, which played a key role in disseminating information to businesses about government assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

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

Mar 1, 2023 - Starting in July 2022, OSP leased approximately 82,000 square feet of warehouse space in West  Sacramento to store additional paper commodities and related materials, such as pallets of paper and ink.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

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

Aug 17, 2023 - Counties play a major role in the funding and delivery of public behavioral health services. In particular, counties generally are responsible for arranging and paying for community behavioral health services for low-income individuals with the highest service needs through Medi-Cal, the state ’s Medicaid program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - While cyber insurance providers are not a formal part of the state ’s IS governance structure, it appears that, at least for some nonreporting entities, cyber insurance providers play a key role in their decisions to engage in certain IS compliance  activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - One key question will be what role state programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities, and how they should be funded.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575