Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate

Feb 2, 2021 - Families living in high-cost coastal counties such as Los Angeles and San Francisco receive grants that are about 5.5  percent larger than similar families living in inland counties such as Fresno and Shasta.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4340

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Reducing TANF Block Grant for Probation Could Have Unintended Consequences

(Please also see our discussion of COPS program fund ing in our analysis of the property tax shift in Part V of our companion document, The 2004-05 Budget: Perspectives and Issues .) Summary. Our analysis indicates that the proposed TANF block grant reduction could result in the loss of core probation services for juvenile offenders, which could result in a lower level of public
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/crim_justice/cj_04_cc_tanf_anl04.htm

LAO Analysis of the 1997-98 Budget Bill

Governor Proposes to Eliminate County Mandate to Provide General Assistance The Governor proposes to eliminate the requirement that counties provide these benefits. If some counties reduce or eliminate those benefits, it could lead to migration of recipien ts to other counties, which would increase the financial incentive for these counties to reduce benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1997/health_ss_overview_anal97.html

^[PDF] California Children’s Services (CCS) program

For example, the state could not use county funds to support the financial assistance program or the increased payments to providers. The state also could not support the measure’s costs using money from a state tax on health insurance plans known as the managed care organization tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/ballot/2023/230547.pdf

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: The Overarching Issues

Feb 9, 2021 - For example, CalAIM involves a broad array of new requirements on county partners (who play a key role in administering and delivering various services available through Medi ‑Cal). Specifically, CalAIM would make various changes that affect county responsibilities, such as ( 1)  t he transfer of responsibility for covering specialty mental health services in two
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4357

^[PDF] The 1989-90 Budget: Perspectives and Issues

Proposition 99 imposes an additional excise tax of 25 cents per pack of cigarettes (prior to the passage of Proposition 99,' the excise tax on a pack of cigarettes was .10 cents). In addition, it illlposesa newexcise tax onother types of tobacco products.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/1989/pandi_89_part2.pdf

^[PDF] CalWORKS Grants: Relation to Poverty Measures and Recent Changes

Maximum CalWORKs Grants Have Fallen Over Time Relative to the FPL (Continued) 5L E G I S L A T I V E A N A L Y S T ’ S O F F I C E March 10, 2016 ; Research Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) Differs From Official Poverty Measure „ SPM thresholds are adjusted for regional cost of living, and are higher than the FPL in most parts of the state. „ SPM resource definition is more comprehensive, and
https://lao.ca.gov/handouts/socservices/2016/CalWORKs-Grants-031016.pdf

Restructuring the Court-Ordered Debt Collection Process

County Agencies. As described above, some counties collect some or all of the court –ordered debt. In these cases, typically revenue recovery units within the County Treasurer/Tax Collector ’s Office handle the collections for the county.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2014/criminal-justice/debt-collection/court-ordered-debt-collection-111014.aspx

LAO 2003-04 Budget Analysis: General Government, Overview

The decrease is due to the proposed elimination of the VLF "backfill " to cities and counties of revenues lost when the VLF rate was reduced. This elimination is proposed to begin in February 2003, resulting in a savings of approximately $1.3  billion in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2003/general_govt/gen_1_ov_anl03.htm

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Funding to Address Homelessness

May 12, 2018 - The administration proposes allocating the $250 in one-time Homelessness Emergency Aid grants to local Continuums of Care —local entities that administer housing assistance programs within a particular area, often a county or group of counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3831