The 2021-22 Budget: Transitional Kindergarten Expansion Package

Feb 5, 2021 - The Governor proposes a multiyear effort, with 2021 ‑22 serving as a planning year where school districts would apply for the grants. Selected school districts would then receive funding for the year ‑over ‑year increase in TK students served in the 2022 ‑23 school year, and would receive per ‑pupil grants equivalent to half of the LCFF rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4350

California New Business Creation: January 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 4, 2021 - The standard pattern within a year is for a surge of new business formation at the beginning, then gradual declines as the year goes on. This pattern was upended in 2020: the pandemic caused a big drop in the spring, followed by a surge as the economy began to recover.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/621

Building Permits Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 4, 2021 - Still, activity in November and December combined was very close to the 2015-19 average after being well below it for most of the rest of the year. More than half the units permitted in December came from Los Angeles and San Diego counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/618

The 2021-22 Budget: Peace Officer Training Mandate

Feb 4, 2021 - The proposal includes $3. 4  m illion for this aspect of the mandate based on the initial claims filed by local governments, which covers three fiscal years. The annual cost of this aspect of the mandate is difficult to estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4344

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 4, 2021 - This post provides background on special education preschool and school Medi-Cal billing, describes the Governor's proposals related to these topics, details our assessments of the proposals, and offers associated recommendations for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4345

The 2021-22 Budget: Special Education Proposals

Feb 4, 2021 - This incentive may be most likely to affect how districts address borderline cases, such as a three ‑year old with slow speech development, where it may be difficult to determine whether the child needs special intervention to catch up to peers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4345

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - Other cost drivers include the extension of lifetime limits to 60 m onths for adults scheduled for May 2022 (estimated to cost about $ 22  m illion in 2021 ‑22, with higher costs anticipated for future years) and the various policy proposals described below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - In light of the state ’s projected out ‑year deficits, is now an appropriate time to embark on such a costly project? What change management efforts will be necessary to implement this proposed project?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339

Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - We assume income eligibility thresholds are equal to those in effect on July 1 of each calendar year. The ACS reports data for the calendar year, but income eligibility thresholds typically correspond to fiscal years (which start on July 1).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

Home Prices Update: December 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 1, 2021 - San Francisco ’s average home price is down 2.6 percent over the past year, neighboring San Mateo is up just 4.0 percent, and every other large county in the state is up at least 7 percent.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/617