The 2025-26 Budget: Office of Emergency Services—Request for Reappropriation of Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Fund Resources

Feb 24, 2025 - These funds, which OES limits to emergency events that meet certain criteria (such as lasting more than 12 hours), may be used to pay for responding officer overtime, housing, and other specified costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4982

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Service and Community Engagement

Mar 11, 2025 - MCS awards are available to help cover a student ’s total cost of attendance, both for Cal Grant recipients and higher-income resident students enrolled in a UC, CSU, or CCC bachelor ’s degree program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5015

The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - Will SCO and CalHR help departments develop and implement interfaces between their existing HR and payroll IT systems and the new payroll system? If so, how? Timing of Department Onboarding to New Payroll System Matters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2025-26 Budget: EDDNext

Feb 25, 2025 - ICMS/IDM b This proposed IT project seeks to replace the department ’s legacy claims management systems for its programs with a new claims management system. c This system also will integrate with a modern data management system that uses external and internal data sources to help facilitate program claims processing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4985

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - To help facilitate effective emergency response, the Legislature has granted authority to the Governor to proclaim a state of emergency and given the Governor broad authorities to undertake activities related to proclaimed emergencies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2025 - In this post, we assess key drivers of the structural imbalance of the Department of Real Estate’s primary source of funding—the state Real Estate Fund—and make recommendations to help ensure solvency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5019

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Real Estate

Mar 19, 2025 - In this post, we assess key drivers of the structural imbalance of the Department of Real Estate’s primary source of funding—the state Real Estate Fund—and make recommendations to help ensure solvency.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5019

The 2025-26 Budget: Department of Financial Protection and Innovation [Publication Details]

Apr 3, 2025 - In this post, we assess administration-proposed trailer bill language that would increase certain fees charged by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and make recommendations to help ensure the department has the resources it needs to meet its oversight and regulatory mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5025

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

Apr 3, 2025 - In this post, we assess administration-proposed trailer bill language that would increase certain fees charged by the Department of Financial Protection and Innovation and make recommendations to help ensure the department has the resources it needs to meet its oversight and regulatory mission.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - Governor ’s Proposal Additional Funds to Pay for Working Drawings . The Governor ’s proposed budget includes $419,000 General Fund to complete the working drawings phase of the STARBASE Los Alamitos classroom building project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976