Civil lawsuits. [Ballot]

Nov 29, 2021 - For example, state law generally requires that plaintiffs file tort claims within two years of an alleged injury or three years of alleged personal property damage. State law also authorizes cases generally seeking less than $10,000 to be filed in small claims c ourt in which attorney representation is prohibited.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-029

^[PDF] Property Tax Reductions to Diminish as Housing Market Improves

About $50 billion in property taxes each year is collected and distributed to local governments—including counties, cities, school and community college districts (schools), and special districts. Figure 1 shows how property tax revenues were distributed statewide to these governments in 2012-13.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/finance/property-tax/property-tax-050514.pdf

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - Noncommunity Water System: Public water system that (1) regularly serves 25 or more of the same persons for more than 6 months but fewer than 12 months per year (referred to as “nontransient ”), such as a school, or (2) does not regularly serve at least 25 of the same persons over 6 months of the year (referred to as “transient ”), such as a rest stop or campground.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

^[PDF] Evaluating California’s System for Serving Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Nearly 25 years after the state developed its early intervention system, the original rationale for this division of responsibilities is somewhat unclear. In conversations with stakeholders, we heard many suggest that schools have a long history of serving older children with HVO impairments and thus were well positioned in 1993 to serve infants and toddlers with similar impairments.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2018/3728/serving-toddlers-with-special-needs-010418.pdf

^[PDF] The Master Plan at 50: Guaranteed Regional Access Needed for State Universities

a Bakersfield 24 1 Channel Islands 14 1 Chico 33 2 ü Dominguez Hills 27 2 East Bay 30 2 ü Fresno 30 2 ü Fullerton 30 30 ü Humboldt 25 1 ü Long Beach 32 15 ü Los Angeles 31 5 ü Maritime Academy 2 0 Monterey Bay 22 0 Northridge 28 1 ü Pomona 31 4 ü Sacramento 31 4 ü San Bernardino 29 3 ü San Diego 35 34b ü San Francisco 36 9 ü San Jose 36 35b ü San Luis Obispo 25
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/edu/regional_access/regional_access_021411.pdf

^[PDF] State Bar of California: Analysis of 1988 Legislation to Increase Member Dues

First, we examine the 1989 calendar year budget, or IIcore" budget, proposed by the bar, including the proposed level of fees for bar members for calendar years 1989 and 1990. The bar advises that the fees proposed in Assembly Bill 4391 (Willie Brown), as intro- duced, are intended to support its 1989 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1988/379_0488_state_bar_of_california_analysis_of_1988_legislation_to_increase_member_dues.pdf

^[PDF] Overview of College Savings Accounts

.  The minimum deposit to open an account is $25.  As of June 2018, there were about 310,000 open ScholarShare accounts, with an average balance of about $28,000.  ScholarShare Offers Incentives to Open Accounts  ScholarShare periodically offers incentives to open accounts and make contributions.  Through December 2019, ScholarShare is offering matching grants of up to $225
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/education/2019/College-Savings-Accounts-032619.pdf

Whether or Not to Tap Reserves to Solve Estimated Budget Problem Emerges as Key Fiscal Decision Facing California’s Legislature

Apr 19, 2023 - (The state also has an additional nearly $10 billion in reserves that it can use specifically to supplement constitutionally required funding for schools and community colleges.) On the other hand, our office maintains that the economy is at a heightened risk of going into a recession, which could cause the state’s budget problem to metastasize.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4762

Funding for California’s health care safety net. [Ballot]

Jan 3, 2018 - Revenue placed in the California Care Fund would not be subject to certain constitutional requirements relating to state budgeting and spending, including minimum funding requiremen ts for schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-047

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Education Departmental 2 Issues

Through the CSMP, the university provides training each year to 67,000, or 25  percent, of California's public school teachers. This training is led by accomplished teachers and college and university faculty (from both public and private schools) at around 100 sites throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/education/education_depts2_anl99.html