Unemployment Insurance Fund Insolvency

Mar 6, 2012 - The federal portion of UI employer taxes is primarily used to fund administration at the state and federal leve l. The federal unemployment tax rate is 6.2 percent. However, when the state is in compliance with federal program requirements, California employers receive a credit (known as the Federal Unemployment Tax Act [FUTA] credit) of 5.4 percent, lowering the effective federal tax rate to 0.8 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/555

Amador and Mono Counties Triple Flip/ VLF Swap Backfill

Mar 5, 2012 - Under this financing plan, cities and counties receive increased property tax revenues from two sources: (1) countywide property tax accounts known as the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund (ERAF) and, if ERAF resources are not sufficient, (2) base K-14 district property tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/565

Governor Proposes to Increase Share of Cost for Aids Drug Assistance Program Enrollees

Mar 1, 2012 - The state General Fund is comprised of revenues from property and income taxes. Federal Fund. The ADAP receives federal funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration through the Ryan White Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/554

The 2012-13 Budget: Economic and Revenue Update [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2012 - Like the economic data, reports concerning state revenues have been mixed recently too, with weakness in income tax payments accompanied by speculation concerning a future bonanza of tax revenues due to the possible offering of stock by Facebook, Inc.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2578

The 2012–13 Budget: Refocusing CDCR After The 2011 Realignment [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2012 - The 2012–13 Budget: Refocusing CDCR After The 2011 Realignment [Publication Details] Video Description: In 2011, the state enacted several bills to realign to county governments the responsibility for certain felon offenders who previously had been eligible for state prison and parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2575

Tax Expenditures [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2012 - Tax Expenditures [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only. The LAO is unable to guarantee the accuracy of this translation and is therefore not liable for any inaccurate information resulting from the translation application tool.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2571

The 2012-13 Budget: The 2011 Realignment of Adult Offenders--An Update [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2012 - Perhaps the most significant programmatic change implemented as part of the 2011 realignment was realigning to county governments the responsibility for managing and supervising certain felon offenders who previously had been eligible for state prison and parole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2569

The 2012-13 Budget: Integrating Care for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2012 - Finally, we make recommendations that encourage care coordination for SPDs by first completing and evaluating a currently authorized integrated care demonstration project in four counties rather than expanding the demonstration statewide as proposed by the Governor— an action that we think is premature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2567

The 2012-13 Budget: Completing Juvenile Justice Realignment [Publication Details]

Feb 15, 2012 - The Governor would provide counties with an unspecified level of funding to manage wards who would otherwise have been committed to DJJ after that date, as well as $10 million in planning grants in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2562

Consolidating California’s Statewide Automated Welfare Systems [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2012 - These systems support some of the state’s major health and human services programs by providing eligibility determination, case maintenance, and reporting functions at the county level. Chapter 13, Statutes of 2011 (ABX1 16, Blumenfield) directs the administration to reduce this number to two by migrating, or moving, counties on an existing system to Los Angeles County’s new system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2561