Child Care Budget [EdBudget]

Dec 20, 2023 - Child Care Budget [EdBudget] a Reflects 2022-23 May Revision estimates with LAO adjustments. b Reflects 2023-24 May Revision estimates with LAO adjustments. c Reflects 2023-24 Budget Act estimates with LAO adjustments. d Does not include $11.1 million provided to community colleges for certain child care services. e Includes family child care home education networks. f Includes cost estimates for
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/799

Early Education Annual Funding Rates by Rate System, Setting, and Age [EdBudget]

Dec 20, 2023 - Infant, toddler and 3 year old average rates include respective adjustment factors. Note: All rates reflect full-time, full-year care, with the exception of Transitional Kindergarten and State Preschool—part day, which operate at least 3 hours per day for 180 and 175 days per year respectively.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/804

Gaming. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Additionally, the measure prohibits sports wagering on certain sporting events including high school games, animal contests currently prohibited under state law (such as greyhound races), and games that have already occurred.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-030

Cannabis and certain psychedelic drugs. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2023 - Under the measure, people 18 years of age and older could use and share entheogenic substances in their homes or on private property with the owner ’s consent and possess up to a one-year personal supply of entheogenic substances.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-032

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - The interim report is due January 1, 2024, with a final report due January 1, 2025 and every five years thereafter. The Legislature could use this existing report as a tool to monitor revenue trends, perhaps modifying statute to require more frequent updates if it wanted to track developments more closely.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

California Children’s Services (CCS) program. [Ballot]

Dec 12, 2023 - Also, there are no income-based requirements to qualify for physical and occupational therapy at K-12 schools. CCS Program Has Different Ways of Paying Providers. There are various kinds of providers that participate in the CCS program, each with a different way of being paid.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-029

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Dec 7, 2023 - The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [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/4819

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Dec 7, 2023 - The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [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/4820

The 2024-25 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - This reduction includes $9.6  billion in 2022 ‑23, $7 billion in 2023 ‑24, and $4.4 billion in 2024 ‑25. The magnitude of the downward revision in 2022 ‑23 is unprecedented for a fiscal year that is already over.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4819

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Dec 7, 2023 - As the earlier box describes, COVID-19-related enhanced federal funding has been ramping down across calendar year 2023. This results in a $865  million increase in General Fund spending in 2024-25 to backfill the lost federal funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4820