Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Coastal Flooding and Erosion From Rising Sea Levels Sea levels along the California coast are projected to rise by about six inches by 2030 and as much as seven to ten feet by 2100 compared to 2000 levels, depending upon the degree of warming the planet experiences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 24, 2023 - The budget package authorized the Department of Finance to transfer funds, as needed, to backfill the ABC Fund for revenue lost as a result of license renewal fee waivers that occurred from March  2021 through February 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4705

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

Apr 3, 2025 - Figure  2 summarizes projected revenues and costs for the eight established DFPI programs and subprograms that the report identified as facing cumulative structural deficits from 2023-24 through 2027-28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5025

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

Mar 18, 2025 - California Competes grants address a valid limitation of the tax credit, namely that some competitive investments in the state may be lost due to an applicant ’s lack of tax liability. Businesses that cannot utilize nonrefundable tax credits, but are candidates for a grant, typically fall into one of two categories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5018

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2026 - In this post, we assess the Governor's California Highway Patrol budget proposals for (1) equipment and operating costs and (2) capital outlay projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: California Highway Patrol Proposals

Mar 6, 2026 - As shown in Figure  2, the department ’s uniformed officer vacancy rate including temporary positions, is still well above the pre-pandemic levels. Specifically, while the vacancy rate was 2.8  percent in 2019, it then rose to over 9  percent in 2021, and remained at 6.6  percent as of 2024, per the most recent data available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5152

The 2026-27 Budget: Contract to Achieve Operational Efficiencies

Mar 10, 2026 - In June 2025, the administration estimated that this endeavor would result in annual General Fund savings of $500  million in 2025-26, growing to roughly $2  billion General Fund annually by 2028-29.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5156

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

Mar 10, 2026 - The budget assumed that the process changes resulting from the contract would reduce state costs by $500 million in 2025-26, growing to $2 billion in annual savings by 2028-29. This post provides background on the state’s recent efforts to identify efficiencies to achieve budget savings and our office’s comments and recommendations concerning the progress of the administration’s efforts to reduce state costs through this contract.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5156

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget package (1)  extends the PTET through tax year 2030, and (2)  allows taxpayers to make a late prepayment for tax years 2026 onward, subject to a 12.5  percent reduction in the corresponding credit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program Review

Dec 2, 2025 - It also requires prime contractors to certify, at contract completion, (1)  the percentage of work the prime contractor committed to provide to a DVBE subcontractor, and (2)  that the DVBE subcontractor has been paid for that  work.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5095