The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - BCG is expected to develop and pilot an analytical model that could save money in Medi-Cal by detecting pre-payment fraud, reducing improper claims, and flagging areas of possible waste and abuse. Workstream 5: DHCS —Hospital Financing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In the 2023-24 session, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed Chapter  849 (AB  3218, Wood) and Chapter  462 (SB  1230, Rubio). These laws require the Attorney General to establish a list of unflavored tobacco products to simplify enforcement of the flavor ban.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

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

Apr 3, 2025 - Money Transmitters Program. 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

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Referrals and complaints of alleged DVBE program abus e can come from the public, state entities (including awarding departments), or OSDS program staff. Most commonly, reports of alleged DVBE program abuse come through state entity referrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - This has resulted in significant sums of money being transferred from the Business Fees Fund to the General Fund. For example, between 2011 ‑12 and 2020 ‑21, the General Fund received $179  million from the special fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

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

Feb 27, 2026 - It was expected that the Next Generation 911 system would be fully implemented in 2022 and that the five ‑year cost to develop the system would be $132  million, with ongoing operational costs of $40  million annually beginning in 2022 ‑23. 2019 —Revenue Increased, Text ‑to ‑911 Required, and State Contracts Signed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 budget package includes up to $20  million for DOF to enter into one or more new contracts to implement operational improvements that allow the state to reduce state operations expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - The reason for the reduction is the recent voter approval of Proposition  35 (2024), which requires the state to spend less MCO tax money on offsetting General Fund spending and more money on provider rate increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Office of Emergency Services: Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5151

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