Need-Based Financial Aid Award Amounts [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Students who receive the Cal Grant B Access Award also receive a supplemental award funded by the College Access Tax Credit. The size of the supplement is $24 in 2019-20. The UC Grant covers both tuition and nontuition expenses after applying a student self-help expectation and counting all other financial aid.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/315

Child Care and Preschool Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]

Sep 18, 2019 - Child Care and Preschool Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]     All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate part day for 180 and 175 days per year, respectively. a Rates are weighted by the number of subsidized children receiving child care in each setting and county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/293

Unit 2 (Attorneys) MOU Analysis

Sep 12, 2019 - CASE contracted with UCLA to compare salaries of Unit 2 attorneys and administrative law judges to salaries for comparable municipal, county, and federal positions. The study draws from State Controller payroll data for city, county, and superior courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4095

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Units 1, 3, 4, 11, 14, 15, 17, 20, and 21 (SEIU Local 1000)

Sep 6, 2019 - The agreement would —beginning July 1, 2020 —provide $250 per month to employees represented by Local 1000 who work in the Counties of Orange, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, or San Luis Obispo. In addition, the agreement would add personnel specialists who work in the County of Alameda to an existing recruitment and retention differential (Pay Differential Number 211) —increasing state costs in 2019 ‑20 by about $20,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4094

Pretrial release and bail. [Ballot]

Sep 4, 2019 - Thus, this measure is likely to further reduce local government costs related to county jails under SB  10. Such a reduction in costs could reach the low tens of millions of dollars annually. Bail Bond Industry Taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-006

Managing California’s Cash

Sep 3, 2019 - As a state government, California has the power to levy taxes and cannot declare bankruptcy. These factors make the state a reliable borrower. Nonetheless, the state cannot access a credit market that is either unwilling or unable to lend to it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4092

Evaluating Tax Expenditures [EconTax Blog]

Aug 29, 2019 - Evaluating Tax Expenditures [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein What Are Tax Expenditures? Tax Provisions Intended to Accomplish A Public Policy Goal. Tax expenditures are provisions of tax law that enable targeted groups to reduce their taxes relative to the “basic ” tax structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/396

The Quiet Transformation in California’s Cash Management

Aug 29, 2019 - Corporations issue commercial paper to finance their receivables while many U.S. state and local governments —especially those with back-loaded revenue collections (such as California) —issue tax revenue anticipation notes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4091

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 5 (Highway Patrol)

Aug 26, 2019 - The five jurisdictions are Los Angeles County and the Cities of Los Angles, Oakland, San Diego, and San Francisco. The statutory comparison predates the state employee collective bargaining process established by the Dills Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4089

MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 13 (Stationary Engineers)

Aug 26, 2019 - The agreement expands the current Department of General Services (DGS) San Francisco Facilities pay differential to include all departments that have employees headquartered in the Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Monterey, Napa, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, or Sonoma.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4090