The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals

Mar 3, 2017 - For example, with respect to the California Department of Education (CDE) Bus Driver Training Program, the Legislature could direct the department to reduce specific expenditures (such as no longer providing lodging for program participants) or to operate the program more cost ‑effectively (such as by increasing class size).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - (In this report, we use the term “school district” to encompass school districts, community college districts, and county offices of education.) Gann Limit Constrained State Spending in Mid ‑1980s. Figure  1 shows historical calculations of the state ’s appropriations limit, or SAL, and appropriations subject to the limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2017 - Under the State Constitution, state tax revenues in excess of the Prop 4 (1979) state appropriations limit, or Gann Limit, must be split between taxpayer rebates and additional school spending. The Governor now proposes a new calculation methodology that creates $22 billion in additional state spending capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3596

February 2017 Cap-and-Trade Auction Results [EconTax Blog]

Mar 1, 2017 - Follow @LAOEconTax on Twitter for regular California economy and tax updates.  
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/232

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Minimum Support Facility Perimeter Fence at California State Prison, Los Angeles County LAO Bottom Line. We recommend that the Legislature reject the Governor ’s proposal to raise the height of the Minimum Support Facility (MSF) fence at California State Prison, Los Angeles County (LAC) in Lancaster because the need for a higher fence has not been justified.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Special Education “Disconnect”

Mar 1, 2017 - The state redistributed General Fund from this county ’s SELPAs to other SELPAs across the state —retroactively funding all SELPAs at their full statutory levels for each of these years. Starting in 2015 ‑16, the administration revised its property tax estimates upward to account for the adjustment in Santa Clara County and made a corresponding downward adjustment in that county ’s AB 602 state General Fund revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3598

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - The actual delivery of many services takes place at the local level and is typically carried out by 58 separate county welfare departments. A major exception is the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP), which is administered mainly by the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 28, 2017 - Many of the department ’s activities are conducted in partnership with county agricultural commissioners and county sealers of weights and measures. The Governor ’s budget proposes $387  million from various funds for support of CDFA in 2017-18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3591

The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System

Feb 28, 2017 - In addition, the SCO completed reconciliations for the 100 interfaces that connect with other payroll system payees, such as healthcare providers, retirement savings systems, and tax agencies. Lawsuits Settled.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3590

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - Given the extensive assortment of sensitive data that the state maintains, including Social Security numbers, health records, and income tax information, the state is a prime target for information security attacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594