The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Budget legislation specifies that, beginning in January 2018, CalWORKs recipients may receive a one ‑time incentive award of $500 for completing a high school diploma or its equivalent. CalWORKs recipients enrolling in programs leading to a career technical education certificate, an associate ’s degree, or bachelor ’s degree may receive a one ‑time stipend of $1,000.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

Impose new standards for confining certain farm animals. [Ballot]

Oct 18, 2017 - Proposal This measure phases in new requirements over the next several years that increase the minimum size of restrictive enclosures used by California farmers to confine egg-laying hens, breeding pigs, and calves raised for veal.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-026

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Career Technical Education Funds Third and Final Year of Career Technical Education (CTE) Incentive Grant Program. The 2015 ‑16 budget package created a three ‑year competitive grant program to promote CTE at secondary schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/3

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - These increases are offset by $2.3  million in reductions to state operations due to backing out prior ‑year one ‑time funding. Year over year, General Fund support increases by $25  million whereas TANF support increases by $118  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/5

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Beginning in 2018 ‑19, the department will receive $3.2  million from the General Fund on an ongoing basis and 14  positions (two of which would be limited to two years). Field Office Replacement and Renovation Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/10

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - This year ‑over ‑year decrease largely reflects a difference between when funds are allocated and when they are spent. A significant amount of estimated spending in the prior year was from funds that were allocated, but unspent, in earlier years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/9

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - In adopting the  2016 ‑17  budget package, the Legislature established the SPIF and provided $1.3  billion from the General Fund to the SPIF over two years —$1  billion that was appropriated in 2016 ‑17 and an additional $300  million to be provided in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/12

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - In addition to required spending increases under the Proposition  98 minimum guarantee, the May Revision proposed a discretionary increase of $1.6  billion for schools and community colleges across the three fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/2

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - This year ‑over ‑year decrease in General Fund spending is largely the result of one ‑time spending augmentations in 2016 ‑17 that are ending. In addition, $3.4  million in Proposition  56 revenues will offset General Fund spending in DPH ’s Oral Health Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/6

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Oct 18, 2017 - Each year, our office publishes the California Spending Plan to summarize the annual state budget. This publication discusses the 2017‑18 Budget Act and other major budget actions approved in 2017. In general, it reflects budgetary actions that the Legislature has taken through September 2017. In some cases, as noted, we discuss budget actions approved by the Legislature after June 15, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3694