The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - For each workstream, the contract outlines a series of deliverables or milestones that the contractor would be required to meet over the course of a 28-week period as well as the amount of payment it would receive in exchange for doing so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - New York —The Service ‑Disabled Veteran ‑Owned Business program participation goal in New York is set at 6  percent. Washington —In Washington, state agencies have been charged with meeting a 5  percent veteran ‑owned business participation goal overall.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - We recommend the Legislature reject the proposed equipment and operating cost augmentations, as we do not find them to be well justified. We recommend the Legislature approve the capital outlay projects, but switch their funding source from the General Fund to the MVA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining include 11 droughts (4  percent), 9 earthquakes (3  percent), and 6 energy and 6 health emergencies (2  percent each), as well as 5 freeze and 5 wind ‑related emergencies (2  percent each).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Feb 11, 2026 - ABCAB receives 20 to 35 appeals per year, in contrast to a projected 4 to 6 cases for CCAP. The 2026-27 proposed budget for ABCAB includes $1.4  million from Alcoholic Beverage Control Appeals Fund —which is about half the amount proposed for CCAP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - Underserved Households Do Not Have Access to Faster Broadband. Underserved households can be defined as those with access to broadband, but not at 100 Mbps download speed and 20 Mbps upload speed. Faster broadband gives consumers the ability to, for example, do various internet activities simultaneously across multiple devices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

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

Feb 27, 2026 - How Do the Options Compare? How do different options compare on parameters such as cost, effectiveness of addressing the problems encountered to date, and length of time to decommissioning of the legacy 911 system?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

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

Mar 7, 2025 - Estimate the number of FTEs at departments that do not process their own HR and payroll work (that is, “non-processing departments ”), and add their FTEs to the total estimated number of FTEs at their processing department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - As of February 6, 2024, the total estimated number of middle ‑mile network miles with encumbered funding (that is, appropriated funds that are committed to an unfilled purchase order or unfulfilled contract) is at least 6,500 miles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867