The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH) [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2017 - We also assess and make recommendations on four specific DSH budget proposals: (1) a $250 million shift in inpatient psychiatric programs from DSH to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, (2) a $10.5 million proposal to activate 60 beds for Incompetent to Stand Trial patients in the Kern County Jail, (3) an $ 8 million dollar funding increase to staff units
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3578

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals Format: HTML Description: Proposition 56 was approved by voters in November 2016 to increase taxes on cigarettes and other tobacco products.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3573

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - Of the total funding for local roads, roughly one ‑third comes from the state from “shared revenues ” —a portion of the state ’s excise taxes on gasoline and diesel that are distributed to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The Uncertain Affordable Care Act Landscape: What It Means for California

Feb 17, 2017 - As previously discussed, with the adoption of the ACA, California shifted a portion of the costs of providing health care to low ‑income, uninsured residents from the counties to the state, and redirected a portion of county health care funding to pay for other state priorities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3569

The Uncertain Affordable Care Act Landscape: What It Means for California [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2017 - Summarizes the major impacts that the ACA has had in California, explores what the ACA’s repeal could mean for the state, and assesses a collection of policy alternatives to the ACA that the new federal administration and Congress are currently considering. Correction 3/6/17: Removed reference to Alpine County as having only one participating insurer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3569

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset The 2017-18 Budget Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset County Offices Of Education (COEs) Funded Through the Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - This includes (1)  making payments to recyclers based on a tiered structure to better support low ‑volume recyclers, (2)  allowing greater flexibility to meet CZ  recycler requirements, (3)  restructuring payments made to cities and counties into a competitive grant program, (4)  incentivizing less contamination of materials in curbside collection programs, and (5)  replacing the curbside supplemental payments with a competitive grant program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

The 2017-18 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 14, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Judicial Branch a Does not include offset of trial court expenditures from excess local property taxes. Sustain Justice System Edition Case Management System Replacement LAO Bottom Line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3557

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's Cannabis Proposals

Feb 14, 2017 - For example, if licensing entities are significantly delayed in issuing new licenses, there may be limited tax collections and reduced need for BOE tax administration staff in the budget year. Federal Enforcement of Cannabis Laws Uncertain.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3556