The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - In 2023-24, each county received their highest SB  678 grant award from the prior three fiscal years (2018-19, 2019-20, or 2020-21) due to concerns that grant awards would fluctuate for reasons unrelated to performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - On December 23, 2019, Governor Newsom terminated 61 states of emergency dating back to January 2011. All of these states of emergency were proclaimed under the previous administration but had not been  terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

Rethinking California's Reserve Policy

Apr 10, 2025 - Throughout this period, as shown on the right side of Figure  3, the SFEU balance was generally enacted around 1  percent to 3  percent of revenues —very small compared to the reserves and surpluses of the decades before.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5028

Child Care Funding Rates and Transition to an Alternative Methodology [Publication Details]

Apr 3, 2025 - Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 3 On Health and Human Services
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5023

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, we estimate these rebates comprised 3  percent of gross spending, up from as low as 1  percent in some years. This increase was expected following the switch to the Medi ‑Cal Rx system in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Apr 3, 2025 - The Governor proposes trailer bill language that would increase fees for some established DFPI subprograms that are facing deficits, as shown in Figure  3. The Governor also proposes language that would allow the department to set hourly examination rates based on its estimated average cost, including overhead, for the Money Transmitters, Banking, and Credit Union programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 28, 2025 - Prior to the pandemic, the specific amount that a contractor would be reimbursed was based on the lesser of (1)  the maximum reimbursable amount; (2)  the contractor ’s reimbursable program costs; or (3)  the contract rate per child day of enrollment, multiplied by the attendance rate of its children.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5024

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - Updated materials provided by the department in March  2025 indicate that DRE is expecting to spend less than originally projected on state operations by about $5  million in 2024-25 and about $3  million in 2025-26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2025-26 Budget: Community College Facilities

Mar 18, 2025 - The use of online and other distance education at CCC remains significantly above pre-pandemic levels, accounting for an estimated 42  percent of full-time equivalent (FTE) students in fall 2024, compared to 17  percent in fall 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5017

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

Mar 18, 2025 - In addition, each applicant must propose to do one of the following: (1)  create 500 new full-time jobs, (2)  make an investment of at least $10  million, or (3)  create jobs or make an investment in a high-poverty or high-unemployment area.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018