The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

Apr 3, 2025 - However, the accounting firm ’s evaluation of DFPI ’s established programs found an additional $30  million in unfunded balances across established subprograms that are not in the administration ’s proposed bill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - Subsidized employment programs appear more likely to result in long-term benefits when: (1)  employers have a business model that makes it realistic for them to hire participants full time after the program ends and (2)  the target population is women or long-term unemployed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter

Apr 25, 2017 - Under the administration ’s proposal, the Secretary of State ’s funding for overseeing the rollout of this new voting model would end June 30, 2020. Although many problems with the new voting model likely will be identified and resolved following the 2018 elections and the 2020 primary election, it seems
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3656

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - For example, the Alisal Fire started on October 11, 2021, and continued until November 20, 2021. However, the Governor proclaimed a state of emergency related to the fire on July 1, 2022 —over seven months after the wildfire ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - Although this county ’s system has been updated periodically, it currently relies on computers that operate on Microsoft Windows   XP —an operating system that was released in 2001 and no longer receives free security upgrades or other support from the manufacturer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 1, 2022 - In 2017, the Legislature enacted Chapter  237 (S B  27 , Skinner) which, among other things, required the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA), to establish a Natural Working Lands Strategy by July 1, 2023 in coordination with CDFA, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and other state agencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 11, 2020 - The Governor directed DGS to deploy 100 c amp trailers from the state fleet to provide temporary housing and delivery of health and social services across the state. The trailers may be deployed until September 30, 2020 b ut are eligible for an extension.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4152

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - It is responsible for issuing licenses as well as more broadly regulating California ’s real estate and mortgage lending professionals. More than 425,000 persons in California were licensed by DRE as of June 30, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2018-19 Budget: California Military Department

Feb 6, 2018 - In this analysis, we assess two proposals for CMD included in the Governor ’s 2018 ‑19 budget: (1)  the California Military Institute and Porterville Military Institute, and (2)  the expansion of the California Cadet Corps.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3743

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - The fees paid to SOS by business entities are the primary revenue source for the SOS ’s Business Fees Fund. The Business Fees Fund is established under Section 12176 of the Government Code, which specifies that (1) the Business Fees Fund be used to support the programs from which fees are collected, (2) the fees collected shall be sufficient to cover the costs of
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516