Unemployment Claims Update: January 2019 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 22, 2019 - As the figure below shows, unemployment claims have been near historic lows over year. January 2019 claims continued to be low by historic standards. In January, California had 178,000 unemployment claims.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/349

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - The average monthly caseload for IHSS has increased by 25  p ercent over the past ten years, from about 430, 000 i n 2008 ‑ 09 t o an estimated 540, 000 i n 2018 ‑19. The IHSS caseload has historically fluctuated, increasing at most by 7. 4  p ercent in 2008 ‑09 and decreasing by 4  p ercent in 2013 ‑14.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2019-20 Budget: Using Proposition 56 Funding in Medi-Cal to Improve Access to Quality Care

Feb 22, 2019 - Beginning in 2018, managed care plans are required to certify that their networks meet these standards, or receive approval for an alternative standard, each year. Appointment Availability Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

The 2019-20 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 21, 2019 - Of freshman students entering UC in fall 2011, 84  p ercent graduated within six years. This rate is 25  p ercentage points higher than at CSU and 36  p ercentage points higher than at CCC. The six ‑year rate at UC has increased slightly over the last two decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3946

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for Governor's Proposals to Address Homelessness

Feb 21, 2019 - Supportive housing also typically takes years to site and build. Balancing out the higher costs and long implementation time is the fact that recipients of these programs are less likely to fall back into homelessness.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3942

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Feb 20, 2019 - Over the four quarters of calendar year 2018, cannabis tax revenue grew at an average quarterly rate of 22 percent. If revenue grew at this pace over the next two quarters, the 2018-19 total would be roughly $315 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/347

The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing?

Feb 20, 2019 - This program awarded a total of $ 25  m illion to cities and counties that increased the number of housing permits they issued (for all income levels) by 12  p ercent or more in 2001. Awarded funds could be used for a variety of infrastructure or facilities projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3938

The 2019-20 Budget: Considerations for the Governor's Housing Plan

Feb 20, 2019 - Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Districts (EIFDs) allow local governments to use property tax increment (the growth in property tax revenue year over year) to finance a wide variety of projects, including affordable housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3941

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - CDCR expects the proposed mentor program to improve literacy levels by increasing access to literacy education, leading to higher TABE scores and high school diplomas/equivalencies. Under the proposed program, each instructor would train 20 i nmate literacy mentors beginning in July 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - Hereafter, we refer to this problematic approach as the “year-over-year method. ” Year-Over-Year Method: an Example. The left-hand side of Figure  3 below illustrates the allocation for graduate medical education under the year-over-year method.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939