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Staff report finds nearly $5 million in unspent funding items; GovOps urges retention for ongoing projects
Summary
Legislative analysts reported about $5 million in available balances from prior appropriations; GovOps urged the committee not to reallocate funds for encumbered projects such as AI pilots and cybersecurity-matching obligations without detailed project costs.
Legislative fiscal staff reported to the General Government Appropriations Subcommittee that agencies under the committee's jurisdiction have nearly $5 million in available, unspent funding across previously approved one-time and non-lapsing items and recommended agencies provide project-level cost projections before the Legislature reallocates any of those balances.
Yvonne Jamboff of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's office demonstrated an online dashboard that tracks 411 funded items statewide and walked members through a table of items that, as of the close of fiscal year 2025, showed available balances and staff recommendations. Yamboff said the dashboard lets members filter by subcommittee, agency and implementation status…
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