The 2025-26 Budget: Food Assistance Programs

Feb 19, 2025 - However, as a budget solution, the 2024-25 spending plan de layed the expansion implementation by two years. Automation for the expansion is now expected to begin in 2026-27, with benefit distribution to begin in 2027-28 (for newly eligible recipients).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4971

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) and California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) Request Funding for Similar IS Software. CalEPA and CalSTA both request funds to procure Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software —that is, software that helps agencies manage risks and set controls and policies across their departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

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 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 8, 2021 - Office of Technology Services Manages and operates the State Data Center to provide shared infrastructure, platforms, software, storage, and other solutions for (among others) state government entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4356

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for CalWORKs

May 29, 2024 - De spite this projected decrease, our office projects total costs associated with Medi-Cal caseload to increase year over year and notes that Medi-Cal caseload remains significantly higher than pre-pandemic levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4911

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - CDT sets State Data Center IT  service rates to recover the cost of services, both direct (such as hardware and software) and indirect (such as internal CDT administration). To calculate these rates, CDT generally divides the direct and indirect costs of a service by its projected demand.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Furthermore, CDT could consider providing more varied recommendations on hardware, software, and tools with different levels of service and prices to accommodate the wide range of nonreporting entity budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - However, as discussed earlier, how several augmentations within the proposed package would fit within the structure of existing workforce de velopment programs is unclear. Accordingly, new workforce development programs may need to be created to administer some of the funding in this proposed package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - IT Project-Specific Work Products We do not provide in-depth analysis of any individual budget request in this post, but we have covered the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) BIS Migration to S/4 HANA project in a previous publication The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation—Migration of Business Information System to Updated Software Platform(2/16/2023) .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746