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

Feb 11, 2026 - Funding for CCAP was reauthorized twice (in 2020-21 and 2023-24), each time on a three-year, limited-term basis. The revised 2025-26 budget for CCAP includes $3.4  million CCF and 13 positions. Provisional Licensees Did Not Have Appeal Rights, Which Contributed to Dearth of Cases Between 2017-18 and 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - In July 2020, the Governor formed a strike team to address the delays and in September 2020, the strike team released its assessment of the department ’s challenges in administering the UI program and its recommendations to solve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - CalSTRS ’ long ‑term investment return expectation remains 7  percent. 2020 ‑21 Budget Suspended Board ’s Ability to Increase State ’s Contribution Rate. At the time of the 2020 ‑21 May Revision , the administration estimated the state faced a significant budget problem that required reductions in many areas across state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Chapter   80 of 2020 (S B   588 , Archuleta) —which, among other things, directs state entities to withhold up to $10,000 from the final payment otherwise due to a prime contractor if that prime contractor does not certify various pieces of DVBE ‑related information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Feb 17, 2021 - DFPI estimates that CCFPL will require roughly 9,000 NCPs to register and that the large majority of these NCPs —roughly 7, 000 —will be debt collectors. To support the implementation of CCFPL, the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget package provided four ‑year, limited ‑term support.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This includes $8.2  million ($7  million General Fund) in efficiency reductions and $2.8  million General Fund in vacant position reductions. Please see the “New and Ongoing Efforts to Achieve Efficiencies” section of this post for more information on these budget-wide reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

Apr 3, 2025 - The resulting report identified a structural deficit dating to 2020-21 caused by both cost and revenue factors. Cost factors included annual salary adjustments and startup costs for the three new programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In a November 2022 referendum, voters approved Chapter  34 of 2020 (SB  793, Hill), which bans most sales of flavored tobacco products. ( “Flavored ” refers to non-tobacco flavors, such as menthol cigarettes or fruit-flavored e-cigarettes.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966