The 2019-20 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - With respect to these formulas, we assume: Sales Tax Reductions Are Not Triggered. California has two statutes that trigger reductions in the state ’s sales tax rate if balances in discretionary reserves reach a certain threshold.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Provides $50  million (one time) to counties to aid homeless individuals with mental illnesses. Augments housing assistance and support programs for CalWORKs families by $32  million (ongoing cost of $63  million).
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The remainder is divided among Continuums of Care —local entities that administer housing assistance programs with a particular area, often covering a county or group of counties —roughly based on their homeless populations.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The state ’s largest three General Fund taxes —the personal income tax, sales and use tax, and corporation tax —are projected to increase 4  p ercent. Figure 3
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Such funds are remitted to the state by counties that collect more property tax than state law allows them to spend on education. The budget also appropriates $ 15  m illion from the Trial Court Trust Fund on a one ‑time basis to support start ‑up costs associated with the implementation of the state ’s new pretrial process as required by Chapter   244 o f 2018 (S B  10 , Hertzberg).
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - About 40   Percent of Increase Covered With Higher Property Tax Revenue. Of total Proposition  98 spending in 2018 ‑19, $54. 9  b illion is state General Fund and $23. 5  b illion is local property tax revenue.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - In 2011, the main programmatic and fiscal responsibility for APS was realigned to counties. APS is funded through a combination of state, county, federal, and 2011 r ealignment funds. Establishes Limited ‑Term State Matching Funds for County Senior Home Safe Program.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - Indirect Cost Recovery Rate Limit for Self ‑Help Counties. When Caltrans performs work for a local government, it charges the local government for associated indirect costs, such as for accounting. The budget package includes trailer bill language to limit Caltrans to charging no more than 10  p ercent for administrative indirect cost recovery to self ‑help
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The budget includes up to $134. 4  m illion General Fund for the state to reimburse counties for costs counties incur to replace voting systems. Counties may seek reimbursement for costs to replace voting systems incurred after April 29, 2015.
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The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - This decrease is primarily due additional one ‑time fire ‑fighting costs provided in 2017 ‑18, particularly for the large fires that occurred in Sonoma and Napa Counties in October 2017 and in Ventura County in December 2017.
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