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

Mar 11, 2025 - The Governor ’s proposed budget includes $225  million for GO-SERVE in 2025-26 including $184  million from the General Fund, $28  million in federal funds, $9.4  million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and the remainder coming from reimbursements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

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

Feb 25, 2025 - . $1,411 Provides quasi ‑judicial administrative review of licensing decisions issued by the Department of Cannabis Control. 3,342 13.0 California Horse Racing Board Seeks to ensure the integrity, viability, and safety of the California horse racing industry.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4987

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

Mar 7, 2025 - The Legislature will need to understand and monitor how DARTs and other change management activities are preparing departments for adoption of a new payroll system. Questions for the Legislature to ask include: How will SCO and CalHR work with DARTs to ensure their department ’s business processes align with the new requirements and technical implementation of CSPS?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

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

Apr 3, 2025 - We also recommend directing DFPI to report annually for three years beginning on January 10, 2026, on the amount of revenue received from each increased fee and how this compares to what the department projected would be received.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - CMD indicates that the additional funding for the working drawings phase would incorporate certain earthquake safety requirements and provide fees for DGS to manage the project. CMD estimates that working drawings will be completed and construction will commence in November 2026, and that the project will be completed in February 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

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

Feb 19, 2025 - Similar to how a proposed budget augmentation requires justification, a budgetary reduction or savings identification also requires justification and explanation to ensure that legislative priorities are maintained.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - We do not know how much of the recent revenue decline is due to greater tax avoidance and how much is due to lower actual tobacco consumption. To the extent that tax avoidance could be a large part of the story, the size of the revenue loss highlights the importance of efforts to enforce tobacco tax laws.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - These include funds for water recycling, wildfire prevention activities at state parks, and dam safety activities. The proposal would then provide a like amount of funding from Proposition  4, the climate bond approved by voters in November 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - For example, if the goal is to reduce the burden of lengthy reimbursement wait times, information on changes in wait times and how this has benefited local law enforcement would be necessary to determine whether these funds were having the intended effects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982