The 2025-26 Budget: Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency Reorganization

Feb 25, 2025 - Between 1968 and 2020, Governors submitted  37 reorganization plans through this process. The executive reorganization process can be used to transfer, consolidate, or eliminate agencies and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

The 2022-23 Budget: Vote by Mail Ballots: Prepaid Postage

May 13, 2022 - LAO Comments Since Enactment of Chapter   120, State Law Now Requires Elections Officials to Mail VBM Ballot to All Registered Voters … A subsequent state law, Chapter 312 of 2021 (AB 37, Berman), now requires elections officials to send every registered voter a VBM ballot, rather than only upon the request of a voter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4596

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Whereas the 20 24-25 budget assumed that one-half of the funding associated with eliminated positions would be from the General Fund, the administration indicates that 37  percent of the funding associated with the identified positions is from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - The remaining 37 (13  percent) consisted of other types of emergencies, including those related to oil spills, snow melts, gas leaks, and tsunamis. States of Emergency Are Proclaimed Before and After Events.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 8, 2020 - The Tenant, Homeowner, and Small Landlord Relief and Stabilization Act of 2020 (Chapter  37 of 2020 [AB  3088, Chiu]) took effect immediately following the expiration of the Judicial Council rules to provide protections against evictions and foreclosures .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4278

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - In 2018, this threshold was $1.46 per person in the state (about $58  million for California) and $3.68 per person in the affected county (about $4,000 in Alpine County and $37  million in Los Angeles County).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs

Feb 13, 2019 - Department Overview The Department of Consumer Affairs (DCA) oversees 37 b oards, bureaus, commissions, and programs. Together, these entities license approximately 3  m illion individuals in roughly 250 p rofessional categories, such as doctors, acupuncturists, and cosmetologists.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3937

The 2020-21 Budget: Assessing the Governor's Reorganization Proposals

Feb 7, 2020 - Since 1968, various Governors have submitted 37 r eorganization plans through this process. The executive reorganization process can be used to transfer, consolidate, or eliminate agencies and programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4146

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 12, 2020 - Specifically, the cost of the Resources Building renovation has increased by 14  p ercent, the cost of the Bateson Building renovation has increased by 17  p ercent, and the cost of the Unruh Building renovation has increased by 37  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4157

The 2019-20 Budget: Department of State Hospitals

Feb 13, 2019 - Accordingly, the Governor ’s budget proposes $10. 7  m illion (General Fund) and 95 p ositions in 2019 ‑20, growing each year until reaching $37. 4  m illion and 335 p ositions in 2021 ‑22 and annually thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3936