The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - Between April 23, 2020 and August 3, 2020, IHSS parent providers in two-parent households were allowed to continue to be paid IHSS providers even if the second parent becomes a suit able care provider because the parent is not working or attending school or vocational program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/3

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services $1,584.2 $1,595.1 a The maximum monthly grants displayed refer to those for aged and disabled individuals and couples living in their own households, effective as of January 1 of the respective budget year. b Reflects Governor ’s May Revision estimate of the January 2021 federal cost ‑of ‑living adjustment for the SSI portion of the grant —1 .1 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/4

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - This amount includes funds for procuring and customizing the system, supporting organizational change management, integrating systems, and other activities over the next three years beginning in 2020-21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/6

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - To move individuals currently held at county jails to Porterville DC while the new community homes are developed, the spending plan provides $8.9  million General Fund annually until June  30, 2024 to temporarily add 20 beds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/1

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - In addition, there are a number of EFC eligibility crite ria that NMDs normally must meet in order to participate, such as being enrolled in school or working. For 2020 ‑21, NMDs who fail to meet these criteria due to COVID-19 may remain in EFC (as long as corresponding federal flexibilities remain in place).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/5

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Human Services

Oct 23, 2020 - However, the spending plan rejects the funding reductions, resulting in General Fund levels remaining flat year to year between 2019 ‑20 and 2020 ‑21. Transfers Funds From State Health Facilities Citation Penalties Account to Long-Term Ombudsman Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4286/8

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 22, 2020 - These augmentations include (1) $61.9  million for contract medical services to replace one-time funding that expired at the end of 2019 ‑20, (2) $13.3  million for psychiatry registry services, and (3) $5.9  million (increasing to $8.4  million by 2024 ‑25) to expand telepsychiatry services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4288

K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

Oct 21, 2020 - The budget also provides $112 million in federal funds for this purpose. d Authorized by Chapter 3 of 2020 (SB 117, Committee on Budget) but scored toward the 2018-19 fiscal year. e Reflects budgetary savings (-) or costs (+) associated with changes in the amount of funding deferred to the following fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/448

September 2020 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Oct 19, 2020 - The rebound in corporation tax estimated payments likely suggests that corporations have revised upwards their expectations for profitability this year.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/568

State Wildfire Response Costs Estimated to Be Higher Than Budgeted

Oct 19, 2020 - The amount budgeted for the E-Fund each year is an estimate, in part based on the average costs of the large-incident firefighting incidents over the most recent five years. The Legislature approved, as part of the budget, authority for the Director of Finance to augment the item to pay for emergency fire suppression costs following notification of the Joint Legislative Bu dget Committee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4285