Residential Water Use Trends and Implications for Conservation Policy [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2017 - For the past two years, urban water agencies in California have been submitting monthly data on residential water use to the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB). The monthly update covering December 2016 was recently published on the board’s website, providing a full year of data for 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3611

The 2017-18 Budget: The Board of Equalization

Mar 7, 2017 - Year-by-year budgeting is a standard practice to help the Legislature conduct meaningful oversight over major IT projects. To implement this recommendation, the Legislature would need to reject the provisional language allowing the administration to spread vendor payments across multiple fiscal years (Provisions 5 and 6 under BOE ’s General Fund appropriation in the budget bill).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3609

Update on Changes to School Accountability System [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2017 - Update on Changes to School Accountability System [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/3607

Recap: December 2016 State Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Mar 3, 2017 - On the other hand, personal income tax withholding generally has remained strong--running 7 percent over the same period from the prior fiscal year through the end of January.  It will be important to monitor job growth trends in the coming few months to gauge their possible effects on taxable wage growth, which is an important variable in the state budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/231

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - This is because the current staffing model used to determine level of LVNs and associated funding needed each year for medication management does not account for certain factors that have increased workload in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals

Mar 3, 2017 - As mentioned previously, revenue deposited into the SPF can fluctuate significantly from year to year. To the extent revenues are lower than expected in a given year, existing state law dictates how the reductions will be allocated among programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600

The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - The Governor proposes a few actions to address the funding shortfall in the SPWEF in 2017 ‑18 and later years. First, the Governor proposes to provide funding to DLSE on a two-year limited-term basis for six positions to conduct outreach with awarding bodies to improve their awareness of their responsibility to ensure that contractors have complied with this requirement, with the intent of increasing compliance and fee revenue over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

The 2017-18 Budget: Increased Staffing for Labor Standards Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Targeting of BOFE Inspections Appears to Have Significantly Improved in Recent Years. Our review of legislatively required reports for 2009 ‑10 through 2013 ‑14 (the most recent year for which a report has been submitted) indicates that the targeting of BOFE inspections significantly improved over this period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3602

The 2017-18 Budget: Increased Staffing for Labor Standards Enforcement [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2017 - The Governor’s budget proposes $11 million in special funds and 82.5 positions, phased in over three years, for the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement to pursue additional investigations of labor standards violations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3602

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - Multiply Current Year ’s SAL by SAL Growth Factor. The current year ’s SAL is the starting point for determining the upcoming year ’s SAL. The current year ’s SAL is multiplied by the “SAL growth factor, ” an annual measure of inflation and population growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596