The 2018-19 Budget: California Hiring Tax Credits

Mar 15, 2018 - Additionally, to claim the existing credit, the employer must pay a new employee a starting wage of at least 150  p ercent of the state minimum wage —in 2018, for most businesses with more than 25 e mployees, that amount is $16. 50 p er hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3784

The 2018-19 Budget: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2018 - (This includes $25  million proposed for OES as part of the Governor ’s 2018 ‑19 cap-and-trade expenditure plan.) This total budget is a net decrease of $7  million (0.5  percent) from current-year estimated expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3782

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative [Publication Details]

Mar 12, 2018 - This post addresses the Governor’s 2018‑19 budget proposal to provide $36 million General Fund over two years for local workforce development boards to fund employment training opportunities for at least 1,000 ex‑offenders and to integrate local employment training with programs offered by parole and probation departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3781

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - Despite these efforts, many California inmates nevertheless reoffend after their release from prison —46  percent of those released in 2012 ‑13 returned to prison within three years of their release.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - Funding for the 2020 Census has been below estimated costs for a number of years. For the current year, the latest federal budget agreement provided $180  million less than was requested by the Census Bureau.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

High School Career Technical Education [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2018 - High School Career Technical Education [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/3779

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - The formulas also provide for “maintenance factor, ” which requires the state to accelerate school funding in strong revenue years to compensate for lower funding in weaker years. Given these formulas, General Fund spending on schools and community colleges tends to increase when revenues are growing and decline when revenues decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Proposed Changes to Veterans Home in Yountville

Mar 6, 2018 - It is our understanding that no decision has been made as to the future use of both the current SNF and memory care facilities following the completion of the new facility (expected to be completed in May 2024).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3771

The 2018-19 Budget: Grant Delivery System Replacement

Mar 6, 2018 - In addition, during the last year, CSAC reports that the system has experienced over 25 unplanned outages. During these outages, students cou ld not submit applications or update their school information, high schools could not upload grade point average information, and colleges could not request Cal Grant payments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3770

The 2018-19 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 2, 2018 - Under SPR 7, STO will deploy all of its functions in FI$Cal in the first quarter of 2018-19 —one year later than anticipated by SPR 6. However, SPR 7 significantly changes the release of SCO functions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3768