The 2017-18 Budget: The Coordinated Care Initiative: A Critical Juncture

Feb 27, 2017 - Over the past 25 years, the programs covered by 1991 realignment have changed substantially. Rather than simply adjusting the IHSS cost ‑sharing ratio, the Legislature may want to consider whether 1991 realignment has reached the end of its useful life.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

The 2017-18 Budget: California Competes Tax Credit

Feb 27, 2017 - LAO Recommendations Approve GO-Biz Funding For One Year. The administration ’s proposal for $1.2 million General Fund per year for three years is not justified given that the bulk of the program ’s workload will end next year under current law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3586

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 24, 2017 - The community caseload has steadily increased year over year. The Governor ’s budget projects RC consumer caseload of slightly more than 317,000 as of January 31, 2018, an increase of 4.6  percent over the estimated caseload as of January 31, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581

The 2017-18 Budget: The State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Program

Feb 24, 2017 - Holders must do this between six months and one year prior to their deadline to report the property to the SCO (the “holder report ”). Within 165 days of the holder report, SCO notifies owners that their property will escheat to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584

The 2017-18 Budget: Alternatives to the Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Feb 23, 2017 - These include certain budgetary liabilities (amounts the state owes schools and amounts the state ’s General Fund owes other state funds), unfunded liabilities for pensions, and prefunding for retiree health benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3574

Child custody hearings. [Ballot]

Feb 23, 2017 - This can include decisions about where the child lives and goes to school, as well as decisions about certain activities, such as those related t o religion or travel. If two people (such as the child ’s parents) have joint legal custody, then both are able to make the above decisions either separately or together.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-001

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV)

Feb 22, 2017 - Additionally, DMV licenses and regulates vehicle-related businesses such as automobile dealers and driver training schools, and collects certain fees and tax revenues for state and local agencies. The Governor ’s budget includes $1.1  billion for DMV in 2017 ‑18, which is about the same as the estimated level of spending in the current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3575

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - Each ETP unit is to operate for about four years (from the day the unit is activated to January 1 of the fifth calendar year following its activation). The goal of the pilot is to test whether more intensive care in a higher security setting for patients with a high risk of violence is an effective way to reduce violence.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - Taken at face value, voter approval of Proposition 56 arguably demonstrates a desire to increase funding to Medi‑Cal beyond year‑to‑year growth in the program absent policy changes. The Governor’s proposal, by contrast, uses the new revenues to pay for typical year‑to‑year cost increases in Medi‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

The 2017-18 Budget: Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)

Feb 17, 2017 - DGS was able to extend the lease at the current facility on a month month-to-month basis for one year. The terms of the lease extension increase PERB ’s monthly rent costs for the facility by about $54 per month to a total monthly rent of $20,064 for the facility.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3566