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

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: Office of Emergency Services Next Generation 911 System

Feb 27, 2026 - In early 2025, OES paused the transition of additional dispatch centers in order to investigate. It found four main concerns: Dispatch centers did not have a clear support process when it was necessary to report a trouble ticket.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5145

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities [Publication Details]

Apr 10, 2025 - In this report, we describe how the Legislature has delegated some of its core powers to allow the Governor to exercise emergency authorities during a state of emergency. Next, we assess the degree to which this is necessary to facilitate emergency response and whether there are adequate oversight mechanisms in place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5029

State Assistance to Businesses in Response to COVID-19

Jan 4, 2024 - Geographically, however, both state and federal assistance appeared to have better dispersion in urban and large metropolitan areas and less in rural areas and small cities. In light of these disparities, the state programs could have been better targeted to rural Californians in order to partially mitigate a weakness of the federal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4824

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

Feb 11, 2026 - Thi s report should also include a comparative analysis showing how CCAP ’s caseload, tasks, positions, salaries, and budget compares to similar entities in state government, including ABCAB and any other state entities CCAP considers appropriate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5119

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - Although, as we understand it, many of the changes are unlikely to require law changes and may be more administrative in nature, the Legislature should have a high-level understanding of how those changes may impact programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

The 2023-24 Budget: California Volunteers Proposed Program Expansions

Mar 1, 2023 - While CA  Volunteers provides some broad guidelines for how funds can be used, the selected cities and counties also have some latitude for designing their services at the local level, including what specific job responsibilities the youth would fulfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4723

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

Apr 3, 2025 - (These can include businesses that issue money orders and traveler ’s checks, as well as those that offer digital payments, such as PayPal and Stripe.) Credit Unions Program. Regulates, supervises, and examines credit unions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: State Departments’ Operational Efficiencies (Control Sections 4.05 and 4.12)

Feb 19, 2025 - Does the department anticipate that any changes in statute or regulations will be necessary in order to achieve the identified savings? How will the identified savings affect implementation of enacted legislation?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4975