The 2018-19 Budget: California Military Department [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2018 - The Governor’s budget proposes $3.6 million in one-time General Fund in 2018‑19 and $3.3 million in ongoing General Fund to provide California Military Department (CMD) support to two public charter schools, the California Military Institute (CMI) and Porterville Military Institute (PMI).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3743

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control

Feb 1, 2018 - This is an increase of about $3  million, or about 4  percent, from current-year estimated expenditures. The department is supported primarily by the Alcoholic Beverage Control Fund, which is funded almost entirely by licensing fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3739

The 2018-19 Budget: California Achieving a Better Life Experience Board

Jan 31, 2018 - CalABLE Not Projected to Reach Self Sufficiency in Coming Years. The statute that implemented CalABLE envisioned that the program would be self-sufficient and able to repay the General Fund loans for its startup activities within a five-year period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3738

The 2018-19 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office

Jan 31, 2018 - This is a decrease of about $6.6  million, or about 16  percent, from current-year estimated expenditures. This decrease is largely because the budget-year costs associated with STO ’s ongoing information technology (IT) project, Debt Management System II, are not reflected in the Governor ’s budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3737

State Archives: Limited Space for a Growing Collection

Jan 8, 2018 - This method results in faster growth because a larger number of records are archived each year. The slow growth scenario, which our office produced, assumes a fixed number of record growth. This method results in slower growth because it assumes a constant number of records are archived every year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3730

State Archives: Limited Space for a Growing Collection [Publication Details]

Jan 8, 2018 - This alternative would require the state to begin a planning process within the next few years. Second, the Legislature could direct the State Archives to rely principally on digital records in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3730

Evaluation of the Statewide Project Management Office

Dec 7, 2017 - Given that the PMO has only been directly involved with managing state IT projects for two years, we acknowledge that the PMO is in the early stages of establishing its capacity and processes as an office, especially as the PMO is intended to scale up to eventually manage larger, more complex projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3723

State Fiscal Effects of California’s Minimum Wage

Nov 15, 2017 - A law passed in 2016 ( SB 3 [Leno] ) will increase California’s statewide minimum wage over a period of several years, reaching $15 per hour for most workers as soon as January 1, 2022. (In a 2016 blog series , we presented some data on the workers who will be affected by this policy.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3714

State Fiscal Effects of California’s Minimum Wage [Publication Details]

Nov 15, 2017 - This post discusses the fiscal effects of California's minimum wage on the General Fund. This is part of a collection of material for The 2018-19 Budget: California’s Fiscal Outlook. See a complete list of this year's fiscal outlook material on our fiscal outlook budget page.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3714

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Local governments in California —cities , counties, schools, and special districts —levy property taxes on property owners based on the value of their property. Property taxes are a major revenue source for local governments, raising nearly $60  billion annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706