The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - Specifically, the budget includes $8. 3  m illion from the Financial Protection Fund (FPF) and 44 p ositions for DFPI in 2020 ‑21 (increasing annually to $19. 2  m illion and 90 p ositions by 2023 ‑24).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - In July 2020, the Governor formed a strike team to address the delays and in September 2020, the strike team released its assessment of the department ’s challenges in administering the UI program and its recommendations to solve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - By comparison, the average number of certified DVBEs between the 2017 ‑18 and 2023 ‑24 fiscal years was 1, 774 —ranging from a low of 1,623 in 2018 ‑19 to a peak of 2,070 in 2020 ‑21. The number of certified DVBEs with active state contracts is somewhat unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - Licensees had to self-certify that they met the eligibility requirements for the waiver, which include that the licensee had an eligible license type that was active from March  1, 2020 to December 21, 2020, and that the licensed premises ’ primary operation was disrupted by health and safety restrictions imposed in response to the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - The number of inspections conducted in 2022-23 and 2023-24 was 52  percent lower than in 2020-21 and 2021-22. Over the same period, the number of citations issued dropped by 24  percent. These drops are particularly striking given that staff concerns about COVID-19 exposure likely diminished substantially over that period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - CalOES, on behalf of Cal-CSIC and its partners, also proposes $5.4  million General Fund and 17 positions (7 positions at CalOES, 5 positions at CDT, and 5 positions at CMD) in 2023-24 to implement AB  2355. ($3.9  million General Fund and 17 positions also are proposed from 2024-25 through 2026-27 to provide funding through the January 1, 2027 repeal date of AB  2355.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2023-24 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Mar 20, 2023 - However, in The 2023‑24 Budget: Multiyear Assessment , our office projects the budget problem to increase at May Revision by about $7 billion. Moreover, we find that the state likely will be unable to afford the overall spending levels in 2024‑25, 2025‑26, and 2026‑27 proposed in the Governor’s 2023‑24 budget, including the resumption of delayed one‑time spending for broadband infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4747

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

Feb 11, 2026 - Funding for CCAP was reauthorized twice (in 2020-21 and 2023-24), each time on a three-year, limited-term basis. The revised 2025-26 budget for CCAP includes $3.4  million CCF and 13 positions. Provisional Licensees Did Not Have Appeal Rights, Which Contributed to Dearth of Cases Between 2017-18 and 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - CalSTRS ’ long ‑term investment return expectation remains 7  percent. 2020 ‑21 Budget Suspended Board ’s Ability to Increase State ’s Contribution Rate. At the time of the 2020 ‑21 May Revision , the administration estimated the state faced a significant budget problem that required reductions in many areas across state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs Organizational Improvement Office

Feb 24, 2023 - OIO has operated under its current authorized funding and position levels since 2020-21. This level is lower than what the 2017-18 budget included for OIO and what OIO originally requested during the 2020-21 budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4704