The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - However, the flaws we identify above are conceptual problems that can be improved through reasonable assumptions in areas where actual data is lacking. We will continue to monitor Proposition  36 implementation and the prison population and make recommendations based on the updated information available at the May Revision, including the administration ’s revised estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR reports that, currently, a lack of MHCBs in Southern California forces it to transfer some people in Southern California prisons to Central and Northern California prisons where more MHCBs are available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - For example, if electricity rates increase, it will tend to make ZNE more cost effective because there will be greater savings from not having to purchase the increasingly expensive utility power. An Example Where Cost ‑Benefit Analysis Provided Valuable Information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The largest share of this funding —$ 78  m illion across various departments from a combination of General Fund and special funds —is for improvements to the public safety radio system and to purchase additional radios.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The Administration’s Sacramento Office Building Construction Strategy: Ensuring Robust Oversight

Dec 14, 2016 - For example, it should have included an analysis of whether it is more cost effective to construct new buildings versus pursue other approaches, such as purchasing or leasing existing privately owned office buildings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3516

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - This decrease primarily reflects the expiration of the following one-time funding provided in 2019 ‑20: (1) $1  billion in lease revenue bond funding to construct the Richards Boulevard Office Building Complex in Sacramento and (2) $1  billion for personal protective equipment and other purchases related to the state ’s response to the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - Maintaining the state ’s flood infrastructure is critical because levees in poor conditions (partially due to damage from the severe storms of 2016) pose a significant risk to health and safety should they fail, and the state holds liability for any damage that occurs as a result of poorly maintained levees in most of the Central Valley, where this funding is proposed to be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Where feasible, we also provide our initial assessment of these proposals and issues for legislative consideration. Schools and Community Colleges After Providing Cost ‑of ‑Living Adjustment (COLA), Package Dedicates Most Available Funding to One ‑Time Purposes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - For example, energy efficiency projects identified as deferred maintenance needs by some departments such as the Office of Emergency Services and the Department of Veterans Affairs might be able to be funded by cap –and –trade auction revenues or various state revolving fund programs (where project costs are recouped over time through the project ’s energy savings).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The budget provides one-time funding of $87.3  million to counties for the research and development, purchase, or lease of hardware and software to replace county voting systems and technology, and county election management systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101