The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - If Legislature Moves Forward With the Contract, Require Quarterly Updates. If the Legislature decides to proceed with the contract as planned, we recommend it enhance its oversight over the remaining term of the contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Feb 11, 2026 - Moreover, because the panel has not finished processing any cases yet, the amount of staff time and other resources that each case will require is also unclear. As such, the panel ’s ongoing resource need remains unknown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - We also recommend requiring ongoing monthly project updates and quarterly fiscal reports. Finally,  we recommend the Legislature consider implementing a new governance structure to provide greater ongoing oversight of the 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - For example, CHP offices need to be located close to the highway and large enough to accommodate certain site requirements such as communication towers, patrol vehicles and other law enforcement infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - The law requires state entities to set a goal of awarding at least 3  percent of their annual contract value to DVBEs. State law also establishes the Office of Small Business and Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Services (OSDS) as the DVBE program administrator, directs it to implement policies to ensure that only eligible businesses participate, and requires it to track and investigate cases of program abuse and noncompliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details]

Dec 2, 2025 - Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review [Publication Details] Description: As required by Chapter 80 of 2020 (SB 588, Archuleta), this brief reviews California’s Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise (DVBE) program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5095

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Specifically, the General Fund costs to prefund retiree health benefits are used first to offset a portion of the Proposition  2 requirement and the remainder of the requirement is then satisfied through a supplemental pension payment towards the state ’s CalPERS liabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - One potential reason for not requiring the administration to provide more information to the Legislature is that meeting such requirements could require diverting state resources from important emergency response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Will CSPS require additional detail or information that is not currently required by USPS? 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 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Similar to how a proposed budget augmentation requires justification, a budgetary reduction or savings identification also requires justification and explanation to ensure that legislative priorities are maintained.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975