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

Feb 20, 2025 - Project First Approved by Legislature in 2018-19 . The 2018-19 budget provided $1.7  million General Fund for all phases of a project to construct a new classroom building for STARBASE Los Alamitos. The project was expected to be completed in April 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Authorities

Apr 10, 2025 - As shown in Figure  2 , allocations were notably higher from 2018 ‑19 to 2021 ‑22 due to extreme wildfire seasons and the COVID ‑19 pandemic. It is important to note that allocations are sometimes based on cost estimates —rather than actual costs incurred —for performing the emergency response activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5029

The 2025-26 Budget: CDTFA’s Tobacco Programs

Feb 14, 2025 - In 2018-19, the tax program had 75.6 filled positions, and the licensing program had 64.3 filled positions. In 2023-24, these programs had 53.2 and 41.9 filled positions, respectively. CDTFA has provided two explanations for this decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4966

The 2025-26 Budget: Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Mar 18, 2025 - From 2015-2018, according to a rigorous third-party evaluation , LA:RISE participants had higher earnings and employment while working at an ESE but did not see long-term benefits after the transitional job ended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

Strengthening the CalSTRS Funding Plan

Mar 10, 2021 - In addition, a fixed proportional split would result in more predictable changes to both the state ’s and employers ’ contribution rates in response to future actuarial gains and losses. Make Provisions of Funding Plan Ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4400

The 2022-23 Budget: Governor’s Office of Emergency Services Proposals

Feb 20, 2022 - Specifically, it is unclear to what extent the funding would be used by OES to replace existing fire engines more frequently or provide a more robust maintenance program for its engines. Without this type of basic information, it is impossible for the Legislature to evaluate what specific improvements to fire response capacity would be expected f rom this proposal and whether they would justify the additional costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4551

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - Created in 2018 ‑19, the purpose of CELL is to expand lower ‑division online and hybrid courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) at the state ’s three public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - The state likely also will incur costs from the need to expand its workforce in other areas to respond to climate change impacts —such as by hiring additional engineers and scientists to assess vulnerabilities, plan for adaptation strategies, and design and implement the state ’s responses to climate risks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Technology Project Proposals

Mar 17, 2023 - In January 2019, Governor Newsom signed an executive order ( EO N-04-19 ) directing CDT and the Department of General Services to develop new procurement approaches that defined a problem for bidders to solve and asked them to demonstrate their ability to solve it through demonstrations, proofs of concept, and prototypes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4746

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018. The Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018 (Proposition  1) authorized $4  billion in general obligation bonds for various housing programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790