The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Although there were variations in the provisions contained in the various agreements, generally, the agreements sought to achieve budgetary savings by (1) essentially holding flat salary costs through Personal Leave Program 2025 and (2) suspending the employer and, in most cases, employee contributions to prefund retiree health benefits for at least two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 19, 2025 - The hearings also can be used to set expectations of DOF so that the Legislature can hold DOF accountable whenever it identifies the specific savings by funding source and program. Ask Each Department Questions to Better Understand Identified Savings and Their Effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - State law limits the ability of those who do not hold an annual license from appealing DCC decisions. For example, those denied a provisional license renewal are not entitled to a hearing before OAH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

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

Feb 25, 2025 - Clearly establishing who is responsible for a program would better enable the Legislature and the public to hold that person or entity accountable for meeting clearly defined outcome-orientated goals and performance standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - At the same time, the Governor ’s proposal holds BOE ’s position authority constant at 192. 6 p ositions. Implicitly, the proposed appropriation seems to anticipate a large decline in the vacancy rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - In light of the 2020 ‑21 budget action, which holds the state ’s contribution rate flat in the current year, the administration ’s proposed additional state General Fund payment of $173  million to CalSTRS in 2021 ‑22 makes sense as a way to offset the lower state rate for one year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

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

Mar 1, 2023 - State law limits the ability of those who do not hold an annual license from appealing DCC decisions. For  example, those denied a provisional license are not entitled to a hearing before OAH. The 2018 ‑19  Budget Act included 26  permanent positions and $11.5  million from the Service Revolving Fund on a two ‑year basis for cannabis workload at OAH.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2021-22 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Spending Authorities

Mar 2, 2021 - For example, the Legislature could hold an oversight hearing within this longer time frame. Request Waiver of Notification Time Frame in Urgent Circumstances. If the Governor found it necessary to transfer funds to respond urgently to protect lives or property, a process could be established to allow the Governor to request a waiver to shorten the time frame specified for advanced notification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - The funding would support the costs of meetings for the various partners, to produce promotional products, and to hold promotional events. Promotional products would be translated into at least one other languag e.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523