The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - To help address the state budget shortfall, the budget package includes a reduction of $15  million in one-time General Fund that had been provided in a prior year for the Extreme Heat and Community Resilience Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081/

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Then, in the 15 subsequent years, the state took a series of steps towards this goal including, but not limited to, the following key  milestones: 2010 —First Roadmap Developed. In December 2010, the Schwarzenegger administration released a proposed Next Generation 911 roadmap, which outlined key tasks, decision points, and work products necessary to develop a statewide Next Generation 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - Later in 2017, the Legislature passed two laws —A B  102 and A B  131 —that transferred most of BOE ’s programs, budget, staff, and facilities to the newly created California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) and Office of Tax Appeals (OTA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - (For more information about the TFC/MyCalPAYS project, please see the appendix to our March  19, 2014 report — The 2014-15 Budget: 21st Century Project Update .) In 2016, SCO—together with CalHR, which supports state human resources (HR) and labor relations policies and practices—started planning the current effort, the CSPS IT project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - As part of the expansion, the program would support approximately 500 additional Fellows, for a total of 4,000 Fellows (a 15  percent increase). The additional slots would include 250 slots for students with less financial need.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Feb 19, 2025 - There likely will be insufficient time for the subcommittees to discuss each identified saving with departments between May 14 (when the May Revision is released) and June 15 (when the Legislature approves a budget).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, 36 states limit the amount of time states of emergency can be open before the Governor or Legislature must act to renew them —ranging from 15 days to six months. For example, Florida state law requires a state of emergency to expire after 60 days unless renewed by the Governor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 19, 2023 - Additionally, supplemental reporting requirements direct our office to (1)  report by July 15, 2024 on the shared appreciation loans, including demographic information on loan recipients and geographic distraction of the loans and (2)  report on these same items in a second report once CalHFA allocates the $200  million remaining for the Dream for All Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4808

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Transfer the Seismic Safety Commission

Feb 12, 2020 - The Governor proposes budget trailer legislation that would make various changes related to the SSC, including reorganizing it into a unit within OES and reducing the number of commissioners from 20 t o 15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4158

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - Twelve information technology (IT) and information security personnel in 2023-24 (increasing to 15 beginning in 2024-25). The IT personnel would provide IT support in areas where ABC has yet to modernize or has needs as a result of recent changes, including the introduction of telework, the modernization of public-facing services, and the proposed Office of Equity, among others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705