The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Digital Equity Competitive Grant Program ($1.25   Billion of Total Program Funds). Specific types of state entities could receive annual allocations over five calendar years to implement digital equity projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Digital Equity Act Programs CDT Completed Draft Digital Equity Plan in December 2023. Using the $4  million award received in November 2022 from the IIJA ’s State Digital Equity Planning Grant Program, CDT completed its draft of the state ’s digital equity plan on December 12,  2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

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

Mar 1, 2023 - Of this amount, 13.2  million net usable square feet is attributable to 59 DGS ‑managed state office buildings; 2.4  million gross square feet related to 23  other state ‑owned buildings, including warehouses, storage, and parking structures; and 20.9  million net usable square feet is associated with DGS ‑managed commercial leases of all space types.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

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

Apr 3, 2025 - Digital Financial Assets Program. Chapter  792 of 2023 (AB  39, Grayson) requires DFPI to regulate crypto assets (which are sometimes referred to as cryptocurrencies, virtual currencies, or digital financial assets).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Specifically, the program has not collected conclusive and comparative information as to whether the Climate Action Corps program ’s approach of funding fellows to organize local volunteer efforts is more effective than other types of activities at mitigating the causes and impacts of climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Natcast plans to ramp up the facility ’s design and prototyping work over time, once it renovates the facility to enable those types of activities. Governor ’s Proposal $25  Million for Semiconductor Design Facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure at May Revision

May 23, 2024 - The federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act also provides $65  billion in federal funding for broadband infrastructure projects nationwide, with $42.45  billion allocated to the BEAD program mostly for state-administered last-mile broadband infrastructure project grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4906

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation [Publication Details]

Apr 3, 2025 - In this post, we assess administration-proposed trailer bill language that would increase certain fees charged by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and make recommendations to help ensure the department has the resources it needs to meet its oversight and regulatory mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5025

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 23, 2021 - The spending plan also includes a one-time appropriation of $1.1  million General Fund to create a Digital Identification pilot program to demonstrate the technical viability of a single digital identification platform across two state entities and at least some of their services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4452

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Agency staff indicate that they are considering options to maintain institutional relationships (such as through formal interagency agreements) between these types of entities after separation. Proposes to Pursue Reorganization Through Executive Branch Process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987