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

Feb 27, 2026 - The  Legislature then enacted Chapter  926  of  2014 (S B  1211 ,  Padilla), which directed OES to develop a plan and time line for testing, implementing, and operating a Next Generation 911 system, including text ‑to ‑911.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 4, 2024 - DCC licenses and regulates commercial cannabis activity, including the cultivation, manufacture, testing, sale, and transportation of cannabis goods. For example, the department oversees testing laboratories that make sure cannabis is safe for consumption, which includes reviewing license applications, conducting routine inspections, investigating complaints, taking enforcemen t actions, and conducting investigative sample analysis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

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

Mar 2, 2021 - For example, the administration provided a COVID ‑19 fiscal update on August 14, 2020 t hat did not include the estimated cost —potentially reaching $1. 7  b illion —of a testing laboratory contract that the Governor announced on August 26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - A combination of the traditional and agile approaches might develop project scope as modules, but combine the modules into a few discrete releases for implementation to reduce the frequency of user testing and training.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - This would allow time for schools to ramp up testing capabilities an d address other implementation issues with a smaller group of students and staff. Alternatively, the Legislature could direct resources to expanding statewide testing capacity and infrastructure that would allow schools to more easily access routine testing as a way to support school reopening.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Some of these conditions attempt to align the forthcoming May Revision budget proposal (which we discuss later) with the project cost documents o r incorporate additional information that is only available once the primary vendor contract is awarded (such as updated project management and testing plans).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Feb 9, 2022 - In response to the COVID‑19 pandemic, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) is administering many public awareness campaigns on testing and vaccination topics. CDPH outreach includes regular surveys; focus groups; social media campaigns; and communications toolkits about a wide range of COVID‑19‑related issues, such as farmworker safety and holiday gatherings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - On January 10, 2022, Governor Newsom presented his proposed state budget to the Legislature. In this report, we provide a brief summary of the proposed budget based on our initial review. In the coming weeks, we will analyze the plan in more detail and release several additional budget analyses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492