The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - Provide participating school districts and county offices of education (COEs) with per –student funding based on statewide median claim ($450 per student), with an additional allocation to COEs based on the number of students within the county ($20 per student).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2016 - In this report, we cover the Governor's estimates of the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee, his overall Proposition 98 spending package, and his specific Proposition 98 proposals. We also provide in-depth analysis of the Governor's proposals for the Local Control Funding Formula, preschool, education mandates, special education, county offices of education, and the High Speed Network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3355

State legislator lie detector tests (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Feb 18, 2016 - Legislators ’ “compensation ” would be taxed “as if it is a normal salary for state income tax purposes ” under the measure. Changes to Legislative Rules. The measure states that “the Legislature session shall not adjourn until at least ten days after they have taken at least one vote on every bill introduced in their respective houses. ” It also would change the current September 1 deadline for passing most bills in the even-numbered years to October 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-125

State and local law enforcement agencies. [Ballot]

Feb 17, 2016 - These include state agencies (such as the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Parks and Recreation) and local agencies (such as county sheriffs, city police, and school district police). Racial and Identity Profiling Act of 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-124

The 2016-17 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 16, 2016 - Redirect Fuel Taxes From OHV Trust Fund to SPRF. Due to the structural shortfall in SPRF and the depletion of the SPRF fund balance, the administration requests a one –time redirection of $31  million in fuel tax revenues to SPRF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3354

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - Until 2011 –12 the state General Fund and counties shared the nonfederal costs of administering CWS. In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 realignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales tax to counties to administer CWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - The proposed budget reserves most revenues associated with the MCO tax in a special fund pending passage of a restructured MCO tax by the Legislature, while the hospital QAF will sunset on January 1, 2 017 absent an extension of the fee.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350

Parole consideration, credits, and the prosecution of juveniles in adult court, Amendment No. 1. [Ballot]

Feb 11, 2016 - Net Increase in County Costs. If fewer youths are tried and convicted as adults, the measure would also have a number of fiscal effects on counties. First, as discussed above, counties would be responsible for paying a portion of the costs of housing these youth in DJJ.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-121

Perspectives on Helping Low-Income Californians Afford Housing

Feb 9, 2016 - By far the largest of these programs is the federal and state Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), which provides tax credits to affordable housing developers to cover a portion of their building costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3345

The 2016-17 Budget: The State's Drought Response

Feb 5, 2016 - For example, as of December  2015, a total of 1,130 households in Tulare County had reported running out of water, and of those, 700  reported obtaining an interim or permanent solution. The impacts of these water shortages have compounded other challenges in some affected communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3343