The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter [Publication Details]

Apr 25, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter Format: HTML Description: In a Spring Finance Letter, the Governor proposes using remaining funds from a 2009 settlement agreement to provide the Secretary of State a three-year funding increase of $463,000 per year and three positions to support the agency’s activities related to the implementation of SB 450.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3656

Gender identity [Ballot]

Apr 18, 2017 - For example, existing state law requires that students in public schools be permitted to use facilities consistent with their gender identity regardless of what sex is listed on their birth certificate.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-003

Legislative districts. [Ballot]

Apr 13, 2017 - Beginning in the fiscal year immediately following the measure ’s adoption, the measure reduces the constitutional cap on spending by the Legislature to an amount equal to 67  percent of its prior year ’s spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-002

Lessons From Other States to Address California’s Redemption Center Closures

Apr 10, 2017 - Since surveys only occur every couple of years, handling fees cannot always reflect current costs. For example, California ’s minimum wage increased in January 2017 and is scheduled to increase again in January 2018.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3649

The 2017‑18 Budget: Implementation of Proposition 57

Apr 6, 2017 - If the person has   two or more previous  serious or violent felony convictions, the sentence for   any new   serious or violent felony conviction is a life term with the earliest possible parole after 25 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3648

Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight [Publication Details]

Apr 4, 2017 - Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight [Publication Details] Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight Format: HTML Description: In light of concerns about the Department of Toxic Substances Control ’s execution of its responsibilities in recent years, the Legislature has held numerous hearings to monitor the performance of the department ’s programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3644

Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight

Apr 4, 2017 - As a result of Chapter  459, DTSC estimated the number of completed ability to pay cases would increase by 25 annually. Figure  2 shows the number of ability to pay cases completed every year from 2012 ‑13 through 2015 ‑16 and the number of cases projected to be completed in 2016 ‑17 and 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3644

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on K-12 Student Attendance [Publication Details]

Mar 30, 2017 - In early March of 2017, the California Department of Education certified initial average daily attendance data for 2016-17. In this post, we describe how the state tracks attendance and discuss the implications for Proposition 98 and school funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3638

California Community Colleges: Effects of Increases in Noncredit Course Funding Rates

Mar 30, 2017 - According to the college, this freed the faculty up to create a more intensive, accelerated certificate program at the advanced level that students could complete in one year (compared to 2.5 years for the old program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3635

The 2017-18 Budget: Update on Per Capita Personal Income

Mar 30, 2017 - Regarding the income data, the state compares growth in per capita personal income from the fourth quarter (last three months) of two years ago with last year ’s fourth quarter. For 2017-18, the state, for example, compares the fourth quarter of calendar year 2015 to the fourth quarter of calendar year 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3639