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

Mar 6, 2026 - In such cases, this rigid approach would result in resources being tied up unnecessarily for most of the year, undercutting the state ’s priority of quickly deploying funds for developers to build projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5154

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 21, 2025 - These changes are aimed at allowing participants to more quickly move into WTW activities most appropriate for their skills, previous education, and circumstances. Expands List of WTW Activities in Statute.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5086/2

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - PDL is more incremental and iterative than PAL, which means state entities could determine more quickly whether a vendor ’s technical solution to their program or service problem actually works. If not, CDT could suspend or terminate the project before additional resources are expended, thereby reducing risk to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 22, 2021 - Because CAPP is designed to be a time-limited program in response to the pandemic and CSD aims to disburse finds as quickly as possible, trailer bill language exempts the department from creating regulations for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4476/6

The 2024-25 Budget: Overview of the Federal Fiscal Responsibility Act's Impacts on CalWORKs

Mar 5, 2024 - Depending on how quickly and significantly caseload changes, California may face a future scenario where a program like WINS could again be helpful in ensuring the state can meet its WPR targets. Legislature Might Consider Future Goals for WINS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4877

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - One aspect we are working with the administration to better understand is whether certain counties or grantees may be expending funds more quickly than others, and whether there are opportunities to reallocate any remaining dollars across counties to maximize program utilization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Care

Apr 15, 2024 - Depending on how quickly AP agencies ramp up internal capacity to administer new CAPP slots, families may also be served earlier. This proposal, however, would effectively eliminate legislative oversight of total CAPP funding levels by allowing DSS to issue and execute contracts with additional slot funds prior to the Legislature enacting a state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4893

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - While CalOES expects to recruit and hire these positions more quickly based on current economic conditions in the technology sector and the increased number of applications received for some positions, some proposed positions (if approved) likely could remain vacant given ongoi ng vacancy challenges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - Net revenue losses —that is, how much lower actual and projected service revenues are than actual and projected expenditures on these services —can be covered by CDT more quickly by increasing service rates than by reducing costs because expenditures on direct service costs such as hardware and software are incurred by the department over several years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 8, 2021 - A number of state entities connect to CGEN, which allows SOC to identify and respond more quickly to any attacks and/or threats to these entities. OIS also provides IS program audit services, which determine whether a state entity is compliant with state IS policy and standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4356