The 2025-26 Budget: Undertaking Fiscal Oversight

Feb 24, 2025 - How Do You Focus Your Efforts? The Legislature cannot reasonably undertake in-depth oversight of all state programs in one budget season. As such, the Legislature must determine how to focus its efforts so as to provide information that would be most helpful in making future budget decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4983

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Nov 8, 2023 - Although the state and employees contribute money to prefund retiree health benefits earned today, the state pays for current retirees ’ health benefits on a pay-as-you-go basis. This pay-as-you-go cost grows each year as health premiums rise and the number of retired state workers grows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4814

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - In reviewing the proposals, there are many different issues for the Legislature to consider, including (1)  whether the proposals are likely to be the most effective set of policies and programs to promote ZEVs and achieve the state ’s climate change and air quality goals; (2)  how these state programs will be integrated or coordinated with existing programs, such as ZEV programs administered by
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309