The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - The next formal status report on the work stemming from the BCG contract will not be provided until February 2027 —after the contract has ended and after much of the work will have been set in motion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - By the end of this period, the number of cases CCAP is likely to receive annually on an ongoing basis should be clearer. We further recommend that the Legislature direct CCAP to provide an updated workload justification for each CCAP position.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - DRE reports that it expects to have $6.6  million (roughly a month ’s worth of funding) in the fund at the end of 2025-26. Assessment Despite Recent Fee Increases, Unclear if Structural Imbalance Has Been Fully Addressed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, the Legislature could consider modeling such guidelines after CDAA ’s limitation on the use of DREOA funds generally through the end of the fiscal year in which the first 120 ‑day extension was made.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Funding for the program, which had typically been $5  million annually, was set to expire at the end of 2024-25. These funds provide support to five regional law enforcement task forces that focus on the investigation of cybercrimes that target minors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Mar 18, 2025 - Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends. Subsidized employment programs appear more likely to result in long-term benefits when: (1)  employers have a business model that makes it realistic for them to hire participants full time after the program ends and (2)  the target population is women or long-term unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Apr 3, 2025 - A DFPI fund condition report provided to the Legislature on February 25, 2025 indicates that the Financial Protection Fund will become insolvent toward the end of 2025-26 and face growing deficits in future years as shown in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Though the state ’s BEAD program allocation will not be available until the end of June, the state likely will receive up to 20  percent of its allocation by the end of 2023 ‑24. We anticipate this allocation to be in the tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - CDT received over 400 comments on the draft plan during the public comment period that ended January 25, 2024. The  final digital equity plan is expected to be released before the end of 2023 ‑24. Federal Funding to Implement State ’s Digital Equity Plan Forthcoming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The Governor proposes a $4.5  billion SFEU balance for the end of 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951