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

Feb 11, 2026 - Assessment Still Too Early to Know What Actual Caseload and Workload Will Be. As mentioned previously, CCAP has argued that the reason the panel has heard so few cases is because so many licensees held provisional licenses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 27, 2026 - How many state dispatch centers might be affected by these challenges? If OES enforces compliance with technical standards more rigorously across the system, would many of the identified problems resolve themselves?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Additionally, stakeholders have raised concerns about the $10,000 withholding amount —arguing it may be too small to influence behavior on large contracts and too large for small businesses to manage —though current evidence is inconclusive.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - On the one hand, a case can be made that BCSH is charged with too broad a mission with too many disparate issue areas —and that a split into two agencies could allow the administration to have more focused attention at the cabinet level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Feb 20, 2025 - If construction is delayed for too long after the completion of working drawings, the working drawings may not be able to be reused. This is because construction codes change over time, which means that working drawings produced in one year may not meet building standards in a future year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - The MVA has been experiencing a structural imbalance for many years, with expenditures consistently outpacing revenues. The state has been able to delay the account ’s insolvency through various budget adjustments, policy changes, and temporary transfers from other special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - A  number of nonreporting entities also found CDT ’s recommendations on hardware, software, and/or tools to implement state IS policies, procedures, and standards to be too expensive and/or too limited given their constrained IS budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

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

Mar 11, 2025 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $5  million one-time General Fund in 2025-26 to undertake expansion activities aimed at adding ten campus partners and 500 additional students for the subsequent year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 18, 2025 - If the Legislature approves this proposal, we recommend adding explicit requi rements to assess a grant applicant ’s inability to use tax credits. California Regional Initiative for Social Enterprises Grant Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018