The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Population will be based on the 2019 homeless point-in-time count for Round 3 and the most recent homeless point-in-time count for Round 4. Cities. $336  million to cities with populations over 300,000 based on each city ’s share of the 2019 point-in-time homelessness count for the CoC in their region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

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

Feb 27, 2026 - The additional amount that would be needed depends on many different variables, including: (1)  the extent to which the state is able to incorporate the existing Next Generation 911  components deployed under the regional approach, (2)  how quickly it can decommission the legacy 911 system, (3)  the cost of the interim contract and solutions, and (4)  the time (and cost) of building out and deploying the new statewide  system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In addition, by February 1 of each year of a contract and during implementation of the contractor ’s recommendations, the budget requires DOF to provide a status report to JLBC on (1)  any proposals put forth by the contractor, (2)  any expected programmatic or process changes needed to implement the proposal, (3)  the expected time line for implementation, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes $169  million for CDFA from Proposition  4, which we discuss in more detail in a separate budget and policy post — The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Proposition 4. Baseline Ongoing Reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Since the passage of Chapter  730 of 2022 (A B  2019 , Brough), OSDS must establish and take remedial actions when state entities have failed to meet their DVBE participation goals in three of five prior years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Mar 17, 2023 - The PAL process divides state IT project approval into four stages: (1)  business analysis, (2)  alternatives analysis, (3)  solution analysis, and (4)  project readiness and approval. Each stage in the PAL process requires entities to submit an associated planning document to CDT for its approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

The 2021-22 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Spending Authorities

Mar 2, 2021 - This process could be similar to the Control Section 36 p rocess included in the 2019 ‑20 Budget Act . If the Legislature were to choose this option, the control section should ( 1)  s pecify the total amount of funding available for allocation and ( 2)  t he process for the Governor to notify the Legislature of planned allocations of that funding to departments, such as by requiring advanced notification to JLBC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393

The 2021-22 Budget: California Arts Council

Feb 1, 2021 - California Creative Corps Pilot Grant Program Governor ’s Proposal Artwork to Increase Public Awareness About Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID ‑19). The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 15  m illion from the General Fund on a one ‑time basis ($ 5  m illion in 2020 ‑21 and $ 10  m illion in 2021 ‑2 2) f or CAC to initiate the California Creative Corps pilot grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4337

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - A changing climate presents California with five key climate hazards: (1)  higher temperatures and extreme heat events, (2)  more severe wildfires, (3)  more frequent and intense droughts, (4)  flooding due to extreme precipitation events, and (5)  coastal flooding and erosion from sea ‑level rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575