Continuing with its series of hearings on how to reform state IT procurement, the Little Hoover Commission heard from experts such as Jeffery Marino and Jennifer Pahlka on Thursday, who made the case for fundamental reform.

The city of Santa Monica is looking for a vendor to help it manage an increasingly sought-after piece of urban real estate — the curb. The influx of delivery vehicles, coupled with high demand for vehicle parking, is prompting officials to take a new approach to the curbside.

The second hearing on state IT delivery is slated for Thursday and will feature testimony from several high-profile technologists.

The California Department of Transportation is looking for a chief to run its Data and Digital Services Division, while Marin County is looking for a manager to take the lead on its Project Management Office.

The single largest legislative funding request of the cycle so far comes as the massive child welfare IT project gears up to launch version 1 for all 58 counties in October. The agency has detailed what the money would go toward.

H.R. 1 has significantly reshaped the operating environment for health and human services agencies, increasing both oversight and administrative demands across programs like SNAP and Medicaid. The legislation raises the stakes by tightening expectations around payment accuracy — placing SNAP agencies at risk of financial penalties if error rates exceed 6% by 2028 — while also expanding eligibility verification requirements, such as requiring certain Medicaid recipients to undergo recertification twice a year instead of annually.

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