The 2020-21 Budget: Reinventing the Department of Business Oversight

Feb 26, 2020 - What Should DFPI ’s Role Be Relative to Other State Regulatory Departments? The proposed language would authorize DFPI to take action against licensees of other state departments for UDAAP violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4181

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Information Security Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2020 - One of the priorities of the Governor’s proposed 2020‑21 budget is to improve information security (IS) across state government entities. The proposed budget includes resource requests for the entities that govern IS for the entire state to increase their operational capacity, as well as resource requests for individual government entities to expand and improve their IS programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4176

Cannabis: Proposed Consolidation of Regulation and Identifying the Elements of the Illicit Market [Publication Details]

Feb 25, 2020 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration Assembly Business and Professions Committee
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4180

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Information Security Proposals

Feb 25, 2020 - Update on State IS Strategy In this section, we provide relevant information about state IS strategy to help the Legislature consider IS-related requests in the Governor ’s proposed 2020 ‑21 budget. We outline the state ’s IS governance structure, discuss how state law and policy set IS standards and establish compliance and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4176

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - State Has Provided Significant Funding to Support SGMA ‑Related Activities in Recent Years. To support DWR ’s SGMA ‑related responsibilities, the state has provided roughly $ 160  m illion total for the department ’s state ‑level activities since 2014 ‑15, primarily from the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 24, 2020 - We analyze the Governor’s proposals for State Preschool in The 2020‑21 Budget: Early Education Analysis. In our January report, The 2020‑21 Budget: School District Budget Trends , we provide detailed information about compensation, staffing, pensions, and other cost pressures affecting school district budgets.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4174

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2020 - Although the Legislature has various options for providing fiscal relief, we think making additional payments toward districts’ unfunded pension liabilities would offer the greatest fiscal benefit. Paying down these liabilities would improve the funding status of the pension systems and likely reduce district costs over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4174

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2020 - This brief provides information, analysis, and key issues to consider in evaluating the Governor’s 2020-21 budget proposals for the major programs in Department of Social Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4175

The 2020-21 Budget: Taxation of E-Cigarettes

Feb 24, 2020 - Potential state and federal policy changes —such as a state flavor ban or further FDA restrictions on e ‑ cigarettes —could have large effects on e ‑cigarette sales in California. Consumer Response to Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4171

The 2020-21 Budget: Department of Social Services

Feb 24, 2020 - This then reduces the state cost of reaching the new state minimum wage. Howev er, wage supplements shift additional costs that are above the state minimum wage level to the state, which prior to 2017 ‑18 would have been county costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4175