The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - Specifically, 25  percent of the total auction revenue collected each year is continuously appropriated to the state ’s high ‑speed rail project, 10  percent to the Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, and 5  percent to the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The Uncertain Affordable Care Act Landscape: What It Means for California

Feb 17, 2017 - While block grant or per capita allotment programs do not always include growth factors that increase year ‑to ‑year total federal allocations, consideration is being given to using a growth factor such as the rate of inflation to increase year ‑over ‑year federal Medicaid spending if the program is converted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3569

The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process

Feb 17, 2017 - Typically, the Legislature approves funding for IT projects on a year ‑by ‑year basis. This provides assurances that the sponsoring department will return in a subsequent fiscal year with a status update and a request for additional funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3562

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs

Feb 17, 2017 - The positions would allow BRN to review school policies and practices regarding granting credit for military education and experience to applicants who have served in the military. Under the proposal, each nursing school would be reviewed every four years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3570

The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: The New IT Project Approval and Funding Process Format: HTML Description: In recent years, the California Department of Technology has begun implementing a new IT project approval process—known as the Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL)—with the goal of helping to bolster project planning and reducing the likelihood of project challenges or failure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3562

The 2017-18 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2017 - In this analysis, we recommend two modifications to the Governor's proposed 2017-18 budget for the California Public Utilities Commission: (1) convert funding for one position in the Consumer Affairs Branch from permanent to two-year limited-term and (2) reject request for one position to publish contract information online.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3568

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - The proposal would have provided $25  million in one ‑time funding for a new round of awards using a similar application process. The proposal differed from the 2014 ‑15 program, however, in that it would have (1)  narrowed the priorities to focus only on improving four ‑year graduation rates and (2)  provided awards only to CSU campuses.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3559

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - COEs oversee the budgets and academic plans of school districts within their jurisdictions. Many COEs also operate certain alternative schools and provide various optional services to school districts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Office Of Emergency Services (OES)

Feb 16, 2017 - This is because improved hydrologic conditions around the state will negate the need for some amount of state agency response compared to recent years. Based on improved hydrology and prior-year spending data, we find that OES might only require $14  million to provide emergency drinking water in the budget year, and it might be reasonable to reduce state operations funding for OES ’ drought response to about $1.7  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3563

The 2017-18 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

Feb 16, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $1.8  billion for CPUC in 2017 ‑18, a net increase of $120  million (7  percent) compared to estimated expenditures in the current year. This year-over-year increase is largely the result of increased costs for the California LifeLine (LifeLine) program associated with an estimated increase in caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3568