Tracking Changes in Proposition 98 Funding [EdBudget]

Jan 10, 2019 - True-Up Account: The 2018-19 budget plan created the Proposition 98 true-up account to adjust school funding automatically when the minimum guarantee drops relative to previous estimates. The Governor's budget proposes to rescind the true-up account and address each year differently.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/203

How California Governments Respond to Disasters

Jan 10, 2019 - In doing so, FEMA considers whether the estimated/projected response costs exceed at least one of two thresholds—one for individual fires and one for multiple fires within a calendar year—based on the state’s population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3919

Main Types of Disasters and Associated Trends

Jan 10, 2019 - Frequency of Severe Fires Has Increased in Recent Years. As shown in Figure  7, the majority of the largest and most destructive (as measured by structures destroyed) fires in state history have taken place within the past 20 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3918

Main Types of Disaster Recovery Assistance

Jan 10, 2019 - Additionally, schools that participate in the National School Lunch Program can serve meals at no charge to students who have been rendered homeless or who participate in D-SNAP. Federally Supported Disaster-Related Services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3917

State Fiscal Health Index: November 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 4, 2019 - The index ranges from 0 (representing the lowest level in the last 25 years) to 100 (representing the highest level in the last 25 years). The higher the index, the better the conditions for state revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/339

Building Permits Update: November 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 4, 2019 - In November, multifamily permits fell 10 percent below the same month a year ago. Despite starting the year on pace to beat 2017 levels, multifamily permits in the first eleven months of 2018 now are slightly below 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/338

Home Sales Update: November 2018 [EconTax Blog]

Jan 2, 2019 - Home sales in September through November of this year fell 11 percent below those same three months in 2017. This trend warrants monitoring, but is not yet a clear sign that broader economic conditions will slow.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/336

Child custody and juvenile dependency. [Ballot]

Dec 24, 2018 - This can include decisions about where the child lives and goes to school, as well as decisions about certain activities, such as those related t o religion or travel. If two people (such as the child ’s parents) have joint legal custody, then both are able to make the above decisions either separately or together.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2018-011

Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely

Dec 21, 2018 - Fiscal Year. The tax rates generally increase each fiscal year. MCO Structure. The MCO tax applies a unique tax rate to non-Medi-Cal enrollment in any MCO that qualifies as an “Alternate Health Care Service Plan, ” defined as a nonprofit health plan that has high statewide enrollment, that owns or operates pharmacies, and that exclusively contract with a single medical group in all of its geographic areas of operation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3915

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—An Overview

Dec 21, 2018 - Similarly, for prospective analyses of the effects of state climate policies, forecasting economic conditions and technological advancements over the next 10 t o 12 years is subject to substantial uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3911