The 2020-21 Budget: Fresno Integrated K-16 Education Collaborative

Mar 11, 2020 - State Funds Several Ongoing Efforts to Promote Regional Collaboration. The state also has promoted the creation of additional education pathways by establishing regional consortia. In 2016 ‑17, the state created the Strong Workforce Program to coordinate career technical education pathways through seven regional consortia.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4199

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - The San Joaquin Valley and northern and Sierra regions of the state also have significantly fewer OB ‑GYNs per 1, 000 b irths than the more urban and coastal regions of the state. This suggests that —when only counting OB ‑ GYNs —access to women ’s health care services might be limited in certain areas of the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives [Publication Details]

Mar 11, 2020 - Drawing on national research—that compares health care outcomes in states with and without a similar physician-supervision requirement for nurse midwives—we find that California's requirement is unlikely to improve safety and quality for low-risk pregnancies and births.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4197

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 10, 2020 - This represents a key and unique opportunity for the state. The Governor offers one strategy to prioritize these funds over the next few years. Notably, the Governor focuses on the state’s share of the unfunded liability for teachers’ pensions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4196

The 2020-21 Budget: Governor’s Computer Science Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - Student Test Scores Are One Component of State ’s Accountability System. In 2013, the state adopted a new school accountability system that assesses school district performance in eight state priority areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4198

The 2020-21 Budget: Proposition 2 Debt Payment Proposals

Mar 10, 2020 - Conclusion In a report to the Legislature last year — The 2019‑20 Budget: Structuring the Budget: Reserves, Debt and Liabilities— we analyzed the Governor’s proposals to make several large supplemental pension payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4196

Cannabis Tax Revenue Update [EconTax Blog]

Mar 6, 2020 - The state levies two excise taxes on cannabis: a retail excise tax and a cultivation tax. January Budget Assumptions. The Governor ’s January budget proposal assumed that 2019-20 cannabis tax revenue would be $479 million and that 2020-21 revenue would be $550 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/441

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding [Publication Details]

Mar 6, 2020 - In this report, we recommend the Legislature direct the administration to enforce state law on our other two concerns. We also recommend improving oversight to prevent similar issues from arising in the future.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4193

Excess ERAF: A Review of the Calculations Affecting School Funding

Mar 6, 2020 - Minimum State Aid School Districts Receive a Minimum Level of State Funding. Certain provisions of the California Constitution and state law guarantee all school districts a minimum level of funding from the state General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4193

Building Permits Update: January 2020 [EconTax Blog]

Mar 5, 2020 - The multifamily housing permit total of 4,259 was right in line with the January average over the past five years, although nearly a third lower than the 6,356 units the state recorded last January. The single family housing permit total of 4,938 was in the middle of the narrow range of monthly totals we have observed since March 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/440