Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - Key reciprocity partners include the City and County of Los Angeles and many California utility companies. How Many DVBEs Are There in California? As of June 2025, California had 2,118 certified DVBEs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2026 - The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies [Publication Details] The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies Format: HTML Description: The 2025-26 budget appropriated up to $20 million to the Department of Finance (DOF) to contract with a consulting firm to assist and advise DOF in creating efficiencies through process improvements in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - DOF notified JLBC on October 3, 2025 that it had entered a contract in an amount up to $20  million with Boston Consulting Group (BCG) on September 26, 2025 for the purpose of assisting and advising DOF on analyzing and creating process improvements within state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - Department States That High Costs and Low Vacancy Rates Have Created Unique Cost Pressures … CHP states that it cannot depend on its historical approach to fund these activities —and therefore needs the proposed supplemental augmentation —because (1)  inflation and other costs like technology upgrades have led to uniquely higher costs, and (2)  it has comparatively lower officer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

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

Feb 27, 2026 - Complexities of the network and interdependencies between the service providers created failure points. The regional approach created a situation where both the technical and operational design were significantly adjusted from industry ‑standard practices, introducing fragility and risk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - Program Created With One ‑Time Federal Funds in 2021 ‑22. California chose to dedicate $185  million from its federal COVID ‑19 relief funds —the majority of the $237  million noted earlier that went to CA Volunteers —to establish the Youth Jobs Corps program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - Specifically, when a local emergency is declared by a city, county, or city/county governing body, CESA requires the emergency to be reviewed every 60 days by the governing body until the local emergency is terminated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 29, 2021 - Cities. $336  million to cities with populations over 300,000 based on each city ’s share of the 2019 point-in-time homelessness count for the CoC in their region. Requires HCFC to allocate no more that 45  percent of this allocation to a single city.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4468

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

The 2022-23 Budget: Vote by Mail Ballots: Prepaid Postage

May 13, 2022 - Cities, special districts, and schools pay for a share of elections costs, often as a reimbursement to their county based on the proportion of the ballot dedicated to the local governments ’ candidates and issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4596