The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget [Publication Details]

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The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget

Feb 11, 2020 - The Department of State Hospitals (DSH) provides inpatient mental health services at five state hospitals (Atascadero, Coalinga, Metropolitan ‑Los Angeles, Napa, and Patton). DSH also contracts with counties to provide in ‑patient mental health services in additional locations (typically county jails) throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154

The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2020 - In this report we provide the Legislature context for the state’s homelessness crisis, provide an update on major recent state efforts to address homelessness, assess the Governor’s 2020‑21 homelessness plan, propose a framework to help the Legislature develop its own plan and funding allocations, and offer an alternative to the Governor’s 2020‑21 budget proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4152

The 2020-21 Budget: Staffing to Address New Independent Contractor Test

Feb 11, 2020 - State rules set the type of work independent contractors can do. New State Law Limits Who Companies Can Hire as Independent Contractors. The state recently enacted AB  5, which limits what types of work businesses can hire independent contractors to do.
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The 2020-21 Budget: The Governor’s Homelessness Plan

Feb 11, 2020 - Develop Comprehensive Response Strategy Among State and Local Governments. The Council recommends the state develop a comprehensive response strategy that identifies a clear path for responding to the state ’s homelessness crisis and assigns clear responsibilities to the state, cities, and counties.
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The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation

Feb 10, 2020 - Based on our conversations with Caltrans, the department lacks sufficient information to identify the causes contributing to increased litter on state highways. Having such information could assist the state in finding effective strategies to prevent litter in the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4149

The 2020-21 Budget: Transportation [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2020 - This report reviews the Governor's 2020-21 budget proposals for the state's transportation departments and programs.
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The 2020-21 Budget: Structuring the Budget

Feb 10, 2020 - The 2019 ‑ 20 b udget focused on paying down state debts —in particular, making supplemental pension payments —as a key tool to improving the budget ’s multiyear balance. These supplemental payments reduce the state ’s unfunded liabilities, thereby reducing future annual payments to the pension system and reducing costs over a few decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4150

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - Although the federal government has not taken any action against California as of yet, these out ‑of ‑compliance ratios nonetheless put federal funding at risk, particularly given the state ’s experience in the 1990s.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

The 2020-21 Budget: Assessing the Governor's Reorganization Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 7, 2020 - As part of his budget plan for 2020‑21, the Governor proposes six government reorganizations across several policy areas. In many cases, the Governor proposes consolidating agencies or shifting responsibilities from existing agencies to newly established entities. The proposals would affect a broad array of state departments, offices, and commissions that perform a wide range of functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4146