The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - While we do not raise specific concerns about the administration’s funding requests, we recommend that the Legislature direct the administration to report at budget hearings on the proposed funding and submit formal proposals for any future budget-year funding requests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - Calculation This Year Will Set Precedent for Future Years. The administration of the Medi ‑Cal funding formula under Proposition   55 t his year will have implications for how the calculation is interpreted and administered in future years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2018-19 Budget: Fire Recovery Proposals

Mar 1, 2018 - The budget act allows the Department of Finance (DOF) to augment CalFire ’s E-Fund budget during the course of the year, as needed. We note that California ’s fire response expenditures have increased in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3767

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2018 - In 2018-19, the first year of implementation of this calculation, the administration’s interpretations and estimates result in no additional funds to Medi-Cal. Two key choices lead to this result. First, the administration’s decision to subtract $3.5 billion from available revenues to account for its proposed optional reserve deposit significantly reduces the calculation’s starting point, eliminating a surplus that would have directed funds to Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3765

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2018 - This is an increase of $302 million, or 2 percent, above estimated expenditures for the current year. The budget includes General Fund support for judicial and criminal justice programs of $13.9 billion in 2018‑19, which is an increase of $270 million, or 2 percent, over the current‑year level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3762

History of Special Education Funding in California

Feb 27, 2018 - In 1975, California developed its Master Plan for Special Education, which notably expanded the types of services schools were required to provide students with disabilities. In that same year, Congress passed what we now know as the Individuals with Disabilities Education A ct (IDEA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3764

The 2018-19 Budget: Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 27, 2018 - Participants would also have access to high school courses through CCC ’s existing contract with the John Muir Charter School. Allow Some CCC Corpsmembers to Participate in Selected Trainings. In addition to parolees, the program would allow up to 20 CCC corpsmembers at a time to participate in select trainings and certification opportunities to be identified by CCC and CalFire.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3762

Financial Aid Award Coverage [EdBudget]

Feb 26, 2018 - Available for up to four years of full-time study (or its equivalent). Not available to students in their first year of college. Cal Grant C Provides tuition coverage for students enrolled at private career technical education programs no shorter than 4 months or longer than 2 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/120

Need-Based Financial Aid Award Amounts [EdBudget]

Feb 26, 2018 - To estimate the nontuition UC Grant award for 2016-17, we used the actual maximum nontuition cost at UC for 2015-16 less the self-help expectation that year. We grew the resulting amount by 2 percent each year shown.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/119

California Losing Residents Via Domestic Migration [EconTax Blog]

Feb 21, 2018 - Families with kids and those with only a high school education predominate among those moving from California to its top destination states (Texas, Arizona, and Nevada). College-educated 18 to 35 year olds led the way among those moving to California from its top feeder states (New York, Illinois, and New Jersey).    
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/265