The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - Control Section 19.56 of the 2025-26 budget also separately provides $4.5  million in direct grants to local jurisdictions to be allocated by OES, including $4  million to the Foothill Municipal Water District for addressing impacts of the Eaton Fire on local water systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In the meantime, the legislative budget process provides the Legislature an important opportunity to gain more insight into the contract before these updates. Gathering as much information as possible now will better position the Legislature to reassess the value of the contract in the context of whatever information is shared at the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - In particular, the proclamation directed the Department of Water Resources (DWR) and the California Energy Commission to procure materials, goods, and services necessary for energy generation projects to be online by October 31, 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Mar 17, 2023 - A number of the IT project proposals in the Governor ’s 2023-24 budget used challenge-based procurements (such as the State Water Resources Control Board ’s Water Rights Modernization Continuation proposal) or are planning to use said procurements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

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

Feb 19, 2025 - …Before May Revision. The administration has not provided a specific time line for its additional report on efficiencies. As such, the administration may not provide additional information until its May Revision proposal (or later).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These conditions decrease the amount of spring and early summer snowmelt runoff upon which the state historically has depended for its annual water supply, at the same time that they increase the demand for irrigation water in both agricultural and urban settings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Feb 24, 2025 - For example, if OES and local law enforcement cite extended reimbursement wait times as a key problem addressed by the LEMA Assistance Fund, OES should provide information on wait times before the program, the negative effects of those wait times, and how the reduction in wait times helped local law enforcement avoid those proble ms.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Before wading into the Governor ’s workforce development package, we encourage the Legislature to consider what problems it wishes to solve by allocating additional funds to workforce development efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Feb 25, 2025 - At least 30 days before submitting a reorganization plan to the Legislature, the Governor must submit the plan to the Little Hoover  Commission —an  independent state oversight agency tasked with reviewing and making recommendations to the Governor and Legislature on state operations and any proposed government reorganization plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987