K-12 Proposition 98 Funding by Program [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/547

Limiting government powers during a public health emergency. [Ballot]

Nov 4, 2020 - State and Local Governments Have Significant Powers During a State of Emergency. During a declared state of emergency, the Governor and local governments have significant powers that allow the government to respond quickly to circumstances that threaten the lives and safety of people and property.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2020-004

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - For example, the May Revision assumes a much larger portion of the higher caseload due to COVID ‑19 will fall within the childless adult population (which is low cost from a state perspective) and a much smaller portion of higher caseload will fall within the senior and persons with disabilities population (which is high cost from a state perspective).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

Proposition 20 [Ballot]

Nov 3, 2020 - Our estimates below of the fiscal effects on state and local government assume that the proposition is fully implemented. In total, the estimated increase in state costs reflects less than one percent of the state ’s current General Fund budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Proposition?number=20&year=2020

^[PDF] In particular, incorrect paycheck deductions were made, payroll

In particular, incorrect paycheck deductions were made, payroll and pension wages were erroneously calculated, and medical benefits were denied for some employees and their dependents. In one case, employees that took vacation time during the payroll cycle received compensation in addition to their base salary.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2017/3590/state-payroll-022817.pdf

December 2020 Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Jan 28, 2021 - The figure below shows how employment has evolved in both the state and the nation since the start of the pandemic. Overall employment in the state as of the middle of  December  was 8.3 percent below the level of February, somewhat worse than the national figure of 6.4 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/615

The 2021-22 Budget: Interest Payment on Federal Unemployment Insurance Loan [Publication Details]

Feb 10, 2021 - In addition, we recommend the Legislature take advantage of a provision of federal law that allows states to defer 75 percent of their UI loan interest payments during economic downturns. If the state chooses to partially defer its interest payment, we estimate the 2021-22 UI loan interest payment would total roughly $65 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4360

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - Federal law requires the state to allow Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to choose whether —and which —ILOS benefits to offer. If managed care plans do not widely opt to provide ILOS benefits, the availability of these new services could be more limited in scope than the state ultimately desires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

February 2021 Cap-and-Trade Auction Update [EconTax Blog]

Feb 25, 2021 - Based on the preliminary results, the state will receive an estimated $647 million in revenue from the auction. As shown in Figure 1, this amount is somewhat more than what the state received from the November 2020 auction ($587 million).
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/630

^[PDF] The 2003-04 Assembly Budget Bill AB 100 (Oropeza)

The budget-year amount reflects program savings, elimination of the VLF backfill, issuance of pension obligation bonds, realignment of certain programs to local governments, accounting changes, and the use of federal funds. !
https://lao.ca.gov/2003/asm_floor/Asm_Floor_Packet_0602203.pdf