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

Mar 7, 2025 - (The project added California State University as a mega processing department for this analysis because, although they are not a civil service state department, their payroll is processed by the current USPS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Feb 27, 2026 - If security and privacy protections need to be upgraded or added on later, who will p ay for these improvements? Is There Sufficient Oversight of This Project? What policies and governance models are needed to ensure that the transition to Next Generation 911  is  successful?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - EDDNext Is a Combination of IT and Non-IT Projects. The current EDDNext portfolio includes three IT projects that seek to modernize and/or replace existing IT systems and several non-IT projects that seek to improve the department ’s business processes, customer service, and information security.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 1, 2022 - The program was first established with a non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund appropriation of $8.5  million in 2020 ‑21. The 2021 ‑22 budget package committed $30  million in both 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 in non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund resources to fund additional rounds of grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Among other criteria, vendors must demonstrate that their businesses are: Majority owned (by at least 51  percent) by one or more disabled veterans; or, in a business whose stock is publicly held, at least 51  percent or more of the stockholders are disabled veterans; Managed and controlled by one or more disabled veterans; and, Located in the United States (and not a branch or subsidiary of a non ‑U.S. business).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Large Share of Assumed Total Savings From Unspecified “Other Funds. ” Why non-General Fund sources reflect a majority of the identified savings is unclear. Further, with the report provided to the Legislature not identifying non-General Fund funding sources beyond labeling them “other funds, ” it is not clear whether this category includes just special funds or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 During the special session called by the Governor, the Legislature added Control Sections 90.00 and 90.01 to the 2024-25 Budget Act providing up to $2.5  billion one-time from the General Fund for response and recovery costs related to the January 2025 Southern California wildfires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

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

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - To inform this decision, the Legislature could direct OES and local law enforcement to provide their perspectives in spring budget hearings on the key weaknesses of the LEMA system that are best ad dressed through state reimbursement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

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