The 2016-17 Budget: Transportation Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2016 - The Governor’s budget provides a total of $17 billion from various fund sources for all departments and programs under the California State Transportation Agency in 2016–17. This is an increase of $664 million, or 4 percent, over the estimated current–year expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3366

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to retain the existing $25 filing fee —which generates about $90,000 annually —but to eliminate the charge on departments of up to 15  percent of approved claims. The administration indicates that it proposes retaining the $25 fee to discourage individuals from filing claims that are without merit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 22, 2016 - Specifically, the Receiver should provide by April 1 (1)  an updated estimate of current –year monthly pharmaceutical expenditures and (2)  an updated estimate of the pharmaceutical CPI for the remainder of the current –year and the budget –year based on the most recent projections available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3359

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2016 - This is an increase of $19 million, or about 2 percent, from current-year estimated expenditures. In addition, we note that the Governor’s budget also includes a $1.5 billion state office building proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3362

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Reserve Proposal

Feb 19, 2016 - Under either statute, the state ’s sales tax rate would automatically decline by one –quarter cent for one calendar year, equal to around $1.5  billion. Under the first statute, the trigger would occur if the Director of Finance projects the SFEU to exceed about 4  percent of General Fund revenues (currently, about $5  billion) in the prior and current year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3348

The 2016-17 Budget: Proposition 98 Education Analysis

Feb 18, 2016 - In addition to these programs, the federal government runs the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program, which provides up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness for teaching in hard –to –staff schools for five years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3355

The rights of specified individuals to make their own health care decisions. [Ballot]

Feb 18, 2016 - For example, recently enacted legislation requires children to meet various legal requirements for immunization to attend school or child care facilities. State and Local Health Care and Other Programs.  
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-123

State legislator lie detector tests (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Feb 18, 2016 - Legislators would be prohibited from lobbying the Legislature or any other statewide elected official for 12 years after leaving office. Legislators also would be prohibited from seeking or discussing employment with any person or company that has “directly or indirectly ” lobbied the Legislature during the past two years, as specified.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-125

State and local law enforcement agencies. [Ballot]

Feb 17, 2016 - First, Chapter  466 requires state and local law enforcement agencies to submit an annual report beginning in 2019 to the state Attorney General on all stops conducted in the previous calendar year. Agencies must provide certain information regarding each stop, including the perceived race, ethnicity, gender, and approximate age of the person stopped.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-124

The 2016-17 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 16, 2016 - Without the proposed shift of fuel tax revenues, the SPRF would have a negative fund balance of $25  million in 2016 –17 , an amount which will continue to grow in out –years without action to address the structural deficit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3354