The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2026 - This brief summarizes the history, costs, and current status of the state’s effort to deploy a Next Generation 911 system and assesses the administration’s proposal to abandon the existing regional approach in favor of a statewide model. It also offers recommendations regarding legislative oversight of this project and the long-term governance of the state’s 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5145

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Funding for the state ’s 911 system comes from a monthly surcharge on telephone customers deposited in the State Emergency Telephone Number Account (SETNA). The 911 surcharge is established each fall by OES, though current law caps the surcharge at 80 cents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Figure 1 Governor ’s Proposed CHP Equipment and Operating Costs Augmentations (In Millions) Note: Numbers may not add up due to rounding. CHP = California Highway Patrol. Assessment Concerning MVA Condition Raises the Bar for Approving New Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 11, 2026 - The transition away from provisional licenses does appear to have increased the number of cases eligible for appeal to CCAP (somewhat). CCAP reports that it expects to hear its first two cases in March and May.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

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

Feb 20, 2022 - However,  for the search and rescue teams and training proposal, absent justification for increasing the cost of training, we recommend providing only the funding for the local search and rescue teams and mobile training exercise reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

Nonreporting Entities' Information Security Compliance

Mar 30, 2023 - Many Nonreporting Entities Receive and Use Threat Intelligence Information From Cal ‑CSIC … Many of the nonreporting entities we interviewed mentioned that they receive and use threat intelligence information from Cal ‑CSIC to, for example, block malicious Internet Protocol addresses —that is, unique identifiers associated with internet or network devices engaged in hacking attempts or
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4756

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 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Number of Applications for Real Estate Sales and Broker Examinations and Licenses Is Down. DRE reports that it experienced a significant decrease in the number of people applying for real estate examinations and licenses in the first six months of 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - The funding could be allocated for a variety of purposes, such as supportive housing, shelters, rent assistance, and housing search services. Each type of assistance has pros and cons. Building supportive housing provides a more substantial and longer-term benefit, but assists a smaller number of people-at least in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Funding to Address Homelessness

May 12, 2018 - Some approaches —such as rapid rehousing (short-term rent assistance, moving cost assistance, or help with housing search) or shelters —tend to be cheaper, can be deployed more quickly, and have lower barriers of entry for participants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3831