The 2026-27 Budget: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2026 - This brief summarizes the history, costs, and current status of the state’s effort to deploy a Next Generation 911 system and assesses the administration’s proposal to abandon the existing regional approach in favor of a statewide model. It also offers recommendations regarding legislative oversight of this project and the long-term governance of the state’s 911 system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5145

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

Feb 27, 2026 - In November 2025, OES released an updated 2025 Next Generation 9 ‑1 ‑1 Transition Plan . Under the updated transition plan, the state will switch from the regional approach to a statewide approach with two statewide network providers —one prime network service provider and a back ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request

Feb 11, 2026 - Established as a three-person panel by Proposition  64 (2016), the purpose of CCAP is to provide cannabis licensees and applicants with an impartial appellate body that can review licensing decisions made by DCC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-2027 Budget: California Cannabis Control Appeals Panel Permanent Funding Request [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2026 - In this post we assess the Governor’s request for permanent funding for the Cannabis Control Appeals Panel.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5119

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Over 1.2  million veterans —about 8  percent of the total U.S. veteran population —call California home. Approximately 380,000 California veterans (about 30  percent) have a service ‑connected disability, which is defined as a disability that was caused (or made worse) by military service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2021-22 Budget: Funding for Debt Collector Licensing and Regulation

Feb 17, 2021 - This total amount includes (1) $10. 7  m illion and 44 p ositions in newly authorized resources and (2) $5. 8  m illion and 27 p ositions in existing resources redirected from CCFPL implementation. The proposed positions would be divided between a licensing and examination unit, an enforcement unit, and a legal division.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4376

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - The Governor ’s proposed 2021 ‑22 appropriation for BOE is $31. 8  m illion — 30  p ercent higher than the amount spent in 2019 ‑20. At the same time, the Governor ’s proposal holds BOE ’s position authority constant at 192. 6 p ositions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - These zip codes have a median income of $79,000, somewhat lower than the statewide average of $89,000, and are nearly 40  percent rural compared to the statewide average of 8  percent. As we discussed earlier, rural and lower ‑income zip codes tended to receive less assistance than their urban and higher ‑income counterparts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

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

Apr 3, 2025 - The independent accounting firm ’s report estimated that the department requires an additional $80.4  million through 2027-28 to support 8 of 13 established programs and subprograms, as well as an estimated $112.8  million through 2027-28 for its three new programs, for a total of $193.2  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - This amount includes $10  million for Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cup security costs, $10  million for Family Justice Centers, and $8  million to the City of Los Angeles for fire engine purchases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081