The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Overall, most programs increase employment and earnings among participants while receiving a subsidy. However, the ultimate goal is to improve long-term employment prospects of these workers. Research suggests that it is less common that programs lead to h igher employment or earnings after the subsidy ends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Recent Major Funding Increase for Federal Broadband Programs Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) Included $65   Billion for Broadband Programs Nationwide. In November 2021, the federal IIJA was signed into law providing $65  billion for broadband programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Unserved areas and households are generally defined as those without access to broadband (as defined by the FCC). (In this brief, we use the terms households and locations interchangeably.) Underserved areas and households can be defined as those with access to broadband but without access to broadband at faster Mbps download and upload speeds with higher reliability and/or lower latency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

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

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - DRE Can Increase Fees Within Its Statutory Cap Without Additional Legislative Action, but May Not Solve the Problem. The department has the authority to increase fees up to the statutory caps without additional legislative authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

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

Feb 20, 2025 - Recommendation Reject Without Prejudice.   We recommend that the Legislature reject this proposal without prejudice and reconsider constructing a classroom building to expand service at STARBASE Los Alamitos in the future when doing so will not likely come at the cost of existing budget commitments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Without such information, the Legislature cannot determine whether continuing th e Youth Jobs Corps represents the best investment of state funds, or if other program structures or activities are a more effective way to pursue youth workforce development.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Identifying efficiencies in state government can result in budgetary savings without reducing service levels. However, it is difficult to achieve large levels of savings through operational efficiencies alone (that is, without changes to policy or service levels).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156