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

Feb 1, 2022 - Assessment Unclear Whether Demand for Grants Matches Proposed Funding Levels. The Farm to School Incubator Grant Program is a relatively new program and, as a result, limited data are available on the demand for grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2025 - Specifically, it focuses on policies and practices designed to prevent program abuse and noncompliance. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5095

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - In addition to the approximately $100  million annually that the state makes available for housing tax credits, the budget continues the recent practice of providing an additional discretionary $500  million in 2023-24 for tax credits to builders of rental housing affordable to low-income households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808

The 2021-22 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 1, 2021 - How Would the Matching Requirement Work? At this time, there is very little information available on how the proposed matching requirement would work. This includes who would provide the match and how much of a match would be required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4337

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - 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. Unclear Why the Department Is Unable to Use Salary Savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - In the years since the Auditor ’s reports were released, state entities implemented the recommended changes to administrative practices while the Legislature made various statutory changes to the DVBE program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - This practice muddies the Legislature ’s understanding of the state ’s fiscal health because it assumes a lower level of spending in the budget year than actually will occur. If the Legislature directs the administration to identify efficiencies in the future, we recommend that the Legislature build in only limited assumed savings resulting from such an exercise in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - Recommendations Reduce Funding and Positions to Match Current Levels on a Limited-Term Basis. We recommend that the Legislature reduce the proposed funding and positions to match the current authorized levels of $894,000 and five positions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704

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

Feb 25, 2025 - To assist the Legislature, we developed a broad framework for considering the proposal that builds upon our assessment of prior reorganization plans and best practices identified from other government agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - In addition, the 2021 ‑22 spending plan includes budget-related legislation that provides the programs above broader eligibility for the use of funding and temporarily waives requirements that counties provide matching funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468