Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Key reciprocity partners include the City and County of Los Angeles and many California utility companies. How Many DVBEs Are There in California? As of June 2025, California had 2,118 certified DVBEs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

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

Feb 27, 2026 - In early 2025, OES paused the transition of additional dispatch centers in order to investigate. It found four main concerns: Dispatch centers did not have a clear support process when it was necessary to report a trouble ticket.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Geographically, however, both state and federal assistance appeared to have better dispersion in urban and large metropolitan areas and less in rural areas and small cities. In light of these disparities, the state programs could have been better targeted to rural Californians in order to partially mitigate a weakness of the federal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 8, 2020 - Specifically, the budget makes $130  million available for cities with populations of 300,000 or more, $90  million available for CoCs, and $80  million available for counties. To receive funds, the eligible entities must provide a plan to HCFC describing how they have coordinated, and will continue to coordinate, with other local agencies to address homelessness in their region.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4278

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

Feb 11, 2026 - Thi s report should also include a comparative analysis showing how CCAP ’s caseload, tasks, positions, salaries, and budget compares to similar entities in state government, including ABCAB and any other state entities CCAP considers appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - President ’s Executive Orders. On January 27, 2017, the President signed an executive order that, among other provisions, temporarily suspended entry of citizens from seven countries (Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - To avoid this outcome, state policy makers would need to make major changes to how cities and counties plan for and approve housing. Consistent with this, the Governor ’s May Revision proposal includes proposed changes to how cities and counties approve multifamily housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156