The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - The total cost of the project has been revised from $1.7  million to $6.3  million General Fund, which includes preliminary plans ($68,000), working drawings ($787,000), and construction ($5,468,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

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

Mar 1, 2023 - We therefore think the Legislature likely will want to apply a higher bar to its review of new General Fund spending proposals such as this proposal than it might in a year in which the General Fund had more capacity to support new commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4724

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Capital Outlay Projects Governor ’s Proposal Proposes $2.3  Million General Fund for CHP Capital Outlay. The Governor proposes one-time General Fund for two capital outlay-related activities in 2026-27: CHP Field Office Planning and Site Identification.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget assumes reductions to CDFA ’s budget of $11  million ($9.8  million General Fund) authorized by Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12 of the budget act. This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 11, 2026 - Provisional Licensing Generally Ended in January 2026, First Two CCAP Cases Scheduled for Hearing in March and May. DCC has been moving cannabis licensees from provisional to annual licenses. January 1, 2026, was the last day for most provisional licenses to be in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - As shown in Figure  1 , reported state contract dollars received by DVBEs generally increased between 2018 ‑19 and 2022 ‑23. Notably, reported state contract dollars —both going to DVBEs and overall —reversed this general trend and decreased between 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Of this total, the administration indicates that it was able to identify more non-General Fund savings than General Fund savings —with the General Fund representing 43  percent of the total identified savings —far below the 2024-25 budget assumption that 78  percent of the savings from state departments would benefit the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

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

Mar 11, 2025 - Specifically, we recommend the Legislature reject both the $5  million one-time General Fund augmentation in 2025-26 and the $84  million ongoing General Fund augmentation (along with 48 positions) in 2026-27.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - In total, the Governor ’s budget assumes that state operations costs are reduced by $2.1  billion ($1  billion General Fund) in 2024 ‑25 and $2.6  billion ($1.4  billion General Fund) in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951