California’s Major Revenue Sources and Tax Agencies [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2015 - California’s Major Revenue Sources and Tax Agencies [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3183

California State Tax Expenditures Total Around $55 Billion [EconTax Blog]

Feb 18, 2015 - Defining Tax Expenditures What Are Tax Expenditures? The term "tax expenditures " refers to tax exclusions, exemptions, preferential tax rates, credits, and other tax provisions that reduce the amount of revenue collected from the basic tax structure.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/60

The 2015-16 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2015 - The Governor's budget includes $7.8 billion in Proposition 98 funding increases for schools and community colleges, including $5 billion for programmatic increases and $2.8 billion for retiring outstanding obligations. In this report, we recommend the Legislature improve some of the Governor's specific Proposition 98 proposals and reject others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3177

The 2015-16 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 47 [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2015 - In this report, we describe the impact of Proposition 47 on state corrections, state courts, and the county criminal justice system, as well as the Governor’s budget proposals related to the proposition.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3175

The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Health Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2015 - This report analyzes the Governor's 2015-16 state health program budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3173

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act—Version 2 [Ballot]

Feb 9, 2015 - Under these circumstances, there could also be a minor increase in child welfare and foster care costs for the state and counties. Summary of Fiscal Effects This measure would have the following fiscal effects: State administrative costs of at least $1  million, and potentially several million dollars, annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-014

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2015 - Under these circumstances, there could also be a minor increase in child welfare and foster care costs for the state and counties.   Summary  of Fiscal Effects This measure would have the following fiscal effects: State administrative costs of at least $1 million, and potentially several million dollars, annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-013

The Universal Assessment Tool: Improving Care for Recipients of Home- and Community-Based Services [Publication Details]

Jan 22, 2015 - To ensure the UAT achieves the benefits of creating a more effective and efficient approach to HCBS assessment, we recommend: (1) legislation specifying intent to eventually use the UAT on a statewide basis, (2) development of an automated UAT customized to fit within California’s programmatic and policy environment, (3) piloting of county welfare departments and managed care plans as administrators of the UAT, and (4) a formal evaluation of the UAT pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3165

The 2015-16 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 13, 2015 - Whether tax revenues grow further, stagnate, or, in the worst case, decline in 2015-16 will depend in large part on trends in volatile capital gains and business income. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3157

An Overview of Internet in Schools

Jan 7, 2015 - (As displayed in Figure 3, in order to access the CENIC backbone, schools ’ last-mile connections must pass through their county offices of education.) Schools not using the CENIC backbone pay a commercial provider for both their last-mile connections and use of their commercial providers ’ backbones.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3893