The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Department of Defense-authorized educational program designed to provide elementary- and secondary-aged students with supplemental education in the fields of science, technology, engineering, art and design, and mathematics (STEAM).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Among other things, OSDS certifies DVBE vendor eligibility; manages and responds to complaints of program noncompliance, fraud, and abuse; provides education, training, and support to DVBEs; and provides guidance to state entities to help them meet their 3  percent participation goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Final Year of Funding for California Education Learning Lab. The budget package includes a final year of funding totaling $5.5  million from the General Fund for the California Education Learning Lab, with the intention to eliminate the program beginning in 2026-27 (which will achieve $4  million in ongoing savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

CalFacts 2024 [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2024 - CalFacts presents a wide range of facts and trends about the state's economy, finances, and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4942

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

Mar 11, 2025 - California Volunteers also gives campuses funding for some education award coverage. All Fellows receive at least a portion of their education award from their campus upon completion of their service hours.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Apr 3, 2025 - New industries now under department oversight include those providing private postsecondary education financing and debt relief. Debt Collector Program. Chapter  163 of 2020 (SB  908, Wieckowski) requires DFPI to establish a regulatory and licensing system to oversee debt collectors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

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

Feb 25, 2025 - However, most perform a similar function: the licensing and regulation of various occupations and businesses, as well as the provision of services to consumers (such as consumer education and complaint response).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - This post provides an overview of information security (IS) proposals in the Governor’s 2023-24 budget, including our assessment and recommendations across the proposals and specific to the California Cybersecurity Integration Center (Cal-CSIC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

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

Feb 19, 2025 - As we discuss in our analysis, The 2025-26 Budget: Higher Education Overview , the universities have greater control over their budgets than state departments. For example, the universities have greater control over their (1) revenues through tuition and (2) expenditures through setting employee compensation policies—whether through collective bargaining or otherwise—independent from the state’s policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates. This partially offsets the revenue increase described above, deteriorating the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951