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

Mar 13, 2018 - OES maintains the State Emergency Plan —which outlines the organizational structure for emergency response to natural and man-made disasters —and assists local governments and other state agencies in developing their own emergency preparedness and response plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3782

The 2018-19 Budget: Statewide Prison to Employment Initiative

Mar 12, 2018 - In addition to distributing federal funds, the State Board also sets statewide workforce development policy. This policy is reflected in California ’s state workforce plan , which the State Board is required to prepare every five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3781

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach

Mar 8, 2018 - These seats are apportioned based on states ’ relative populations. California ’s population growth has been slower than some other states. By not growing as quickly as other states, the relative proportion of people living in California —compared to other states —shrunk.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3780

The 2018-19 Budget: Census Outreach [Publication Details]

Mar 8, 2018 - The decennial census enumerates each person in the United States. The results of the census apportion seats in the House of Representatives, guide legislative redistricting, and form the basis for allocating half-a-trillion dollars in federal assistance annually. The Census Bureau is making a number of significant changes to the 2020 Census.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3780

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - California , a state appellate court found the state was responsible for a levee failure along the Yuba River in 1986. The state eventually paid a $ 464  m illion settlement to the nearly 3, 000 p laintiffs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession [Publication Details]

Mar 7, 2018 - Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession [Publication Details] Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession Format: HTML Description: Reserves are of critical importance to the health of the state's budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3769

Proposed Changes to Veterans Home in Yountville

Mar 6, 2018 - Background The state of California operates eight veterans homes that provide residential or long-term care services to a total of about 2,500 veterans in the state. As shown in Figure  1, the services provided at the homes range from independent living-style domiciliary care to intensive skilled nursing services and memory care for residents with dementia and/or mental impairment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3771

The 2018-19 Budget: Grant Delivery System Replacement

Mar 6, 2018 - State IT Projects Generally Go Through State Approval Process. Most state IT projects are required to go through the Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL), a four-stage planning process overseen by the California Department of Technology (CDT).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3770

A Look at County Level Domestic Migration [EconTax Blog]

Mar 5, 2018 - These counties account for only about 15 percent of the state ’s total population. What drives the variation in domestic migration across California counties? To answer this question, it is important to start with the baseline observation that California ’s high cost of living —primarily driven by high housing costs —means the state will tend to have higher out-migration than most other states.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/269

February 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog]

Mar 2, 2018 - February 2018 State Tax Collections [EconTax Blog] Seth Kerstein This post describes preliminary collections from the state ’s three main taxes —the personal income tax (PIT), sales and use tax, and the corporation tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/268