The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Workstream 5: DHCS —Hospital Financing. BCG is expected to conduct a detailed analysis of financial data for hospitals across the state to identify how different hospital payment models create incentives for hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Office of Emergency Services: Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 5 on Corrections, Public Safety, Judiciary, Labor and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5151

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

Feb 11, 2026 - As mentioned previously, CCAP has argued that the reason the panel has heard so few cases is because so many licensees held provisional licenses. It further asserts that more cases will come now that the transition to annual licenses is largely complete.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Mar 7, 2025 - If so, how will existing and new departmental staff be prepared for these new requirements? Will SCO and CalHR help departments develop and implement interfaces between their existing HR and payroll IT systems and the new payroll system?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Feb 27, 2026 - It does so by providing back ‑ups for network and core services within each region and statewide, and by containing outages within a single area; but requires the regional and statewide networks to work together seamlessly —that is, to interoperate —without sharing each other ’s components or infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - Although the administration has presented the Legislature with a budget change proposal (BCP) for CDTFA’s Proposition 19 implementation activities, it has not done so for BOE. Questions for Legislature to Consider Why Has BOE Had So Many Vacancies?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides $5  million in one-time General Fund for California Volunteers to offer grants to AmeriCorps programs to fund coaches at K-12 schools. This program has received limited-term funding in prior years, including $5  million in 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining include 11 droughts (4  percent), 9 earthquakes (3  percent), and 6 energy and 6 health emergencies (2  percent each), as well as 5 freeze and 5 wind ‑related emergencies (2  percent each).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Washington —In Washington, state agencies have been charged with meeting a 5  percent veteran ‑owned business participation goal overall. However, individual agencies receive a customized target goal that may be more or less than this amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - (Because debt collectors would be unable to legally operate in California if they have not applied for a license by January 1, 2022, it is reasonable to think the vast majority will have done so by then.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376