Summary of Child Care and Preschool Recommendations [EdBudget]

May 15, 2018 - Reject and Revisit Next Year. Require CDE to provide better documentation to justify need for additional staff. TANF = Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and CDE = California Department of Education.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/132

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance

May 15, 2018 - As a result, this proposed funding is one component of the Governor ’s proposal that we think merits approval in the budget year. Require Departments to Detail Plans for Better Maintaining Facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3841

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals

May 14, 2018 - The administration in January estimated that growth in per capita personal income would be 4. 25 p ercent. (For purposes of calculating the minimum guarantee, the data underlying the per capita personal income rate is lagged one year.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3834

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Project Infrastructure Fund

May 14, 2018 - In our view, it makes sense for the state to invest in the repair and renovation of its physical assets in order to ensure that they can continue to provide services for years to come. Furthermore, the Facility Condition Assessments determined that the existing Resources Building, Bateson Building, and Unruh Building were in poor condition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3840

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—State Earned Income Tax Credit Expansion

May 14, 2018 - In addition, if they do not have a qualifying child, eligible filers must be at least age 25 and younger than age 65. Governor ’s Proposal Expand EITC to Close Age Gaps and Compensate for Rising Minimum Wage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3835

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—California State Payroll System

May 14, 2018 - Based on the Governor ’s request, SCO now anticipates completing Stage 2 of PAL in March  2020, about 1.5 years later than previously expected. SCO also anticipates it will complete Stage 3 in 2020 ‑21 and Stage 4 in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3836

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2018 - Proposition  55 includes a budget formula that provides additional funding to Medi-Cal if, in the estimation of the Department of Finance (DOF), General Fund revenues will exceed constitutionally required spending on schools and the “workload budget ” costs of other government programs that were in place as of January 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3839

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the May Revision Education Budget Proposals [Publication Details]

May 14, 2018 - In this report, we analyze the 2018-19 May Revision education proposals. We first provide an overview of Proposition 98 funding and then focus on the Governor’s major proposals for K‑12 education, child care and preschool, community colleges, universities, and student financial aid. In the pages that follow, we offer many specific recommendations for the Legislature to consider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3834

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor’s May Revision Proposal for Caltrans’ Capital Outlay Support Program

May 13, 2018 - Thus, revenues in the current year reflected only a partial year of funding. For the COS program, the 2017 ‑18 budget increased staffing by 218 FTEs to reflect the new SB  1 workload but also decreased COS staffing by 283 FTEs to reflect declines in non-SB  1 project workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3833

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - Both our outlook and the Department of Finance ’s new economic forecast assume moderate growth over the next year or so. One key difference between our office and the administration is that our economic scenario assumes notably higher wage and salary growth in 2018 and 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829