Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - In addition, there has been mixed success in siting behavioral health infrastructure in counti es where it did not exist prior to BHCIP. BHCIP May Not Be Working Well for All Grant Applicants. We identified a few program design details that may be posing barriers for potential applicants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 Budget: Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training—Office of Administrative Hearing Costs

Feb 13, 2023 - As of January 2023, POST had filled roughly one-third of its 16 positions in the Intake and Disposition bureau, which is responsible for analyzing and evaluating complaints received from the public and serious misconduct allegations received from l aw enforcement agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4677

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - For example, providing less funding for land use policy staff might mean the office tak es longer to respond to CEQA-related requests for technical assistance. If it needs to provide less funding, the Legislature could also consider revisiting LCI ’s statutory requirements, time lines, and associated resource needs —for example, by reducing expectations around how the office should implement the CalHeatScore extreme heat ranking.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget $3,135 $4,677 BCH = Secretary for Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency; HHAPP = Homeless Housing, Assistance, and Prevention Program; FHC = Family Homelessness Challenge Grants; BSCC  =  Board of State and Community Corrections; CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; CalRecycle = California Department of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4825/1

Home building and downpayment assistance. [Ballot]

Oct 6, 2025 - Eligible homes could include single family dwellings, condominiums, townhouses, or certain other typ es of homes. The measure sets a maximum purchase price for a home financed with a middle-class homeownership loan, which in 2025 is roughly equivalent to between $1  million to $1.5  million depending on the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2025-013

The 2026-27 Budget: California Community Colleges

Mar 5, 2026 - In negotiating salary increases with their local unions, districts typically account for a number of factors, including the COLA the state is providing for apportionments, changes in housing and other costs for employe es, salary competitiveness, and the need to address non ‑salary cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5150

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

Feb 27, 2026 - This analysis should compare the options based on the key parameters described above (such as cost and effectiveness of addressing the problems encountered to date) as well as any others deemed relevant by O ES.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - State agenci es, including DCC, generally pay for these costs from their own budgets. The 2021-22 Budget Act provided DCC with $2.7  million annually for three years to support its costs for DOJ legal services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

A student’s right to a high-quality public education. [Ballot]

Dec 16, 2022 - This measure would have the following major fiscal effect: Unknown litigation and court-related costs for the state and schools that would depend significantly on the number of lawsuits filed to challenge existing laws, regulations, polici es, or official actions.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2022-007

Affordable housing bonds. [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2022 - Communiti es pay for the cost of construction and borrowing through higher taxes, fares, and other charges that help service the debts. Property Taxes. The California Constitution limits property taxes to 1  percent of the value of property.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-040