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

Apr 3, 2025 - The department also educates consumers on how to avoid scams, investigates suspected fraud, and (in certain instances) takes legal action to collect restitution for lost money. The revised 2024-25 budget provides DFPI with $177  million —almost exclusively from four special funds, which themselves are largely funded by revenue from regulatory fees, licenses, and permits —and 878.3 positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation [Publication Details]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5025

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

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

Feb 19, 2025 - We have tried to get information from some of the larger departments to better understand what types of operational changes are being implemented to achieve the identified savings. As we discuss in greater detail later, we have received limited information thus far.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - Although the administration has not yet articulated a clear strategy for how savings of this magnitude would be achieved, it is our current understanding from the administration that the proposed reductions would be done in a way that does not affect current employees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

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

Mar 11, 2025 - The Governor ’s proposed budget includes $225  million for GO-SERVE in 2025-26 including $184  million from the General Fund, $28  million in federal funds, $9.4  million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and the remainder coming from reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Feb 27, 2026 - How Do the Options Compare? How do different options compare on parameters such as cost, effectiveness of addressing the problems encountered to date, and length of time to decommissioning of the legacy 911 system?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Feb 11, 2026 - This included $964,000 from the Cannabis Control Fund (CCF), which receives reven ue largely from fees paid by cannabis licensees, and ten positions. Funding for CCAP was reauthorized twice (in 2020-21 and 2023-24), each time on a three-year, limited-term basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - From time to time, the state also responds to emergencies that are rare due to how infrequent they are —such as earthquakes and public health emergencies —or their size, such as the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029