Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The state traditionally has sold two types of bonds that are typically paid off from the General Fund: voter-approved general obligation bonds and lease revenue bonds approved by the Legislature. (The state also sells bonds repaid from special funds.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Proposals

Feb 20, 2022 - Home Hardening Retrofit Program. At the time this brief was being prepared, only 12  percent of the $25  million provided in April 2021 to initiate the home hardening retrofit program has been allocated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Bringing Families Home Program Expansion. The budget includes $92.5  million General Fund in both 2021 ‑22 and 2022 ‑23 (with spending authority through 2024 ‑25) to expand the existing Bringing Families Home program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - In addition to episodic disruptions, some of the most affected industries and regions may need to make long ‑term adjustments to remain viable, forcing some workers to relocate, train to adopt new industry practices, or shift to new types of work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Natcast plans to ramp up the facility ’s design and prototyping work over time, once it renovates the facility to enable those types of activities. Governor ’s Proposal $25  Million for Semiconductor Design Facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - The budget for CA Volunteers has varied somewhat over the past several years due to limited ‑term funding, in particular from federal COVID ‑19 fiscal recovery funds (from which it received $237  million in 2021 ‑22, largely to establish and support the Youth Jobs Corps program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Ensuring Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been a Focus Ensuring That Only Eligible Vendors Participate Has Been an Historical Challenge With Violations Ranging From Inadvertent to Fraudulent. One historical challenge for programs like the state’s DVBE program, which directs procurement contracts to certain types of vendors, is preventing ineligible vendors from participating.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - This allowed the Governor to mobilize and coordinate resources ahead of the storm ’s forecasted impacts. Emergencies have also been proclaimed after events causing the emergency conditions have passed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

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

Mar 17, 2023 - Other proposed projects are determined to be exempt from PAL, for example, minor upgrades to existing IT systems. Once approved through PAL (referred to as approved project s), state IT projects begin D &I.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - A different data source —the state Position Vacancy Report , which calculates the average annual vacancy rate across all types of staff in the department excluding temporary positions—reports an even higher vacancy rate: 13.6 percent as of 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152