The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Second, any unawarded credits from the previous fiscal year can be added to the pool of available credits for the current fiscal year. Credit Pool Has Ballooned to over $923  million for the Current Year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - Additional Licensing Exemptions Could Expand the Pool of Providers. CDCR could benefit from recruiting from a wider pool of applicants, particularly those from out of state that already hold licenses in their respective states.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2026-27 Budget: Streamlining California’s Affordable Housing Funding System

Mar 6, 2026 - As a result, many projects would receive an HDFC award, and thus there would be an increase in calls on the proposed set ‑aside pool. In years of leaner supplies of state subsidies, however, demand for the set ‑aside pool will be much less and a mandatory 50  percent set ‑aside for HDFC projects could be too high.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2026-27 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 23, 2026 - This unnecessarily limits the pool of potential applicants to people living or willing to relocate to California. If the state and court allowed tele ‑mental health providers to work outside of California, it could likely attract a much larger pool of qualified providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5137

The 2026-27 Budget: University of California

Feb 26, 2026 - UC places its pooled cash in investment accounts and uses some of the annual investment earnings to support core operations. UC also receives overhead revenue associated with federal contracts and grants —known as federal indirect cost recovery —that helps support campus research infrastructure and certain central administrative costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5143