Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Advantages to the bidder include bid price adjustments (in the case of lowest price contracts) or point increases (in the case of contracts awarded based on scoring crite ria). For example, in contracts awarded based on the lowest price, a bidder’s “price” can be adjusted downward for the purpose of awarding the contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Apr 3, 2025 - Similarly, authorizing the department to set hourly examination fees at a price that includes overhead would allow it to more fully recoup costs for a comparatively complex set of auditing and assessment tasks and se rvices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The department has always faced costs related to inflation, replacement of old equipment, and increases in gas prices —these are not anomalous events. As such, why the department needs an augmentation for covering baseline costs this year rather than accommodating them through relying on its historical practice is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - …But Some Nonreporting Entities Said Private Vendors Offered Better Levels of Service and Pricing for IS and IT Services. While some nonreporting entities cited an interest in CDT ’s SOC and State Data Center IT service offerings, these entities decided that their contracts with private vendors offered comparable or better levels of service and pricing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Firms earning over 50  percent of their total income from a list of “qualified business activities ” (QBA) are subject to a different apportionment method that includes the location of their sales, payroll, and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 18, 2025 - CalOSBA has released a list of grantees but no information on program outcomes. Proposal $17  Million General Fund for New Round of CA RISE Grants. In this proposal, CalOSBA requests $17  million General Fund to implement a new round of grants to ESEs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Lack of Information on Savings Provided to Legislature List From Administration Does Not Fully Meet Reporting Requirements. The list of identified savings that the administration provided to the Legislature provides very high-level information and does not fully meet the reporting requirements specified under the control sections for the January 10 reports.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Other services might be added to complement private vendor service offerings, rather than the State Data Center continuing to offer  similar services to private vendors. At the end of the process, the administration might recommend some services be shifted from cost recovery to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 1, 2022 - We find that adding regional staff to support the Farm to School Program likely would contribute to an increase in statewide adoption of farm to school practices, such as by helping to incorporate healthy food options into school meals and increasing opportunities for nutrition education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510