The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 21, 2022 - (Under the CCA program, cities and counties may buy or generate electricity for residents and businesses within their communities. IOUs partner with CCAs to deliver the electricity through the IOUs ’ transmission and distribution systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4640/7

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan

Oct 12, 2022 - The budget package includes roughly $1.1  billion General Fund (transferred into the California Emergency Relief Fund) in 2021 ‑22 to provide one ‑time retention payments to eligible workers in certain health care facilities, including hospitals and skilled nursing facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4616

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 10, 2022 - The budget includes $15  million on a one-time basis from the Public Beach Restoration Fund, via a transfer from the General Fund, to provide funding for the construction of three beach restoration projects in Orange County, the City of San Clemente, and the Cities of Encinitas and Solana Beach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4633

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 4, 2022 - Under current law, students who receive a CCC Expanded Entitlement award may bring the award with them upon transferring to a California State University or University of California campus, but not upon transferring to a private institution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4632

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - For example, for 2021-22, total SAL revenues and transfers increased from $223  billion at Governor ’s budget to $256  billion at May Revision. As the figure shows, however, the May Revision did not reflect excess revenues across 2020-21 and 2021-22 because the administration also proposed a significant amount of new SAL-excludable spending, much of which was scored to 2021-22, that reduced appropriations subject to the limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - These revenues provide transportation funding via transfers to the Public Transportation Account. The budget package directs the State Controller to continue making transfers to the Public Transportation Account as if the tax suspension had not occurred.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - (We note that CERF is supported exclusively by transfers from the General Fund.) $126.6 million General Fund in 2022-23 (increasing to $162.5 million in 2024-25 and ongoing) to expand the number of people assessed and treated through the existing Integrated Substance Use Disorder Treatment Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - For example, certain city attorneys within Los Angeles County generally prosecute misdemeanors and funding for these offices are not captured in the data below. It is unclear how widespread this practice is.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - Legislation related to the 2022-23 budget renames the Mobilehome Park Rehabilitation and Resident Ownership Program to the MORE Program. The budget provides HCD $100  million General Fund over two years ($25  million in 2022-23 and $75  million in 2023-24) for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622

Changes in University of California General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

Sep 13, 2022 - ASSIST = Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer. LIFTED = Leveraging Inspiring Futures Through Educational Degrees. CalKIDS = California Kids Investment and Development Savings Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/675