The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - This is consistent with legislation passed in 2015 requiring no fewer than 35 assessments be completed each year. (While CDT has long required departments to perform security assessments every two years to determine their vulnerabilities, these assessments have not been performed consistently.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - We have reviewed the average hours per case calculation for 2015-16, which serves as the basis for the current-year and budget-year projections, in light of actual hours per case data available to date and do not raise any concerns at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - In general, the more significant year-over-year changes in General Fund support for these programs are in part due to various funding shifts that have occurred over the last several years. These funding shifts result in General Fund increases and decreases that are not necessarily representative of broader trends in caseloads and services costs in these programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 28, 2017 - This is a net decrease of $63  million (or 14  percent) from the estimated current-year spending level. This year-over-year decrease in spending is mainly explained by (1)  an $89  million decrease in spending from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund —which receives revenue from cap-and-trade allowance auctions —reflecting a shift of these funds
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3591

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - Cal-Learn funding is used to provide intensive case management for individuals enrolled in Cal-Learn —a component of the CalWORKs program that encourages pregnant and parenting teens to complete high school or an equivalent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/1

The 2017-18 Budget: The Coordinated Care Initiative: A Critical Juncture

Feb 27, 2017 - Over the past 25 years, the programs covered by 1991 realignment have changed substantially. Rather than simply adjusting the IHSS cost ‑sharing ratio, the Legislature may want to consider whether 1991 realignment has reached the end of its useful life.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

The 2017-18 Budget: California Competes Tax Credit

Feb 27, 2017 - LAO Recommendations Approve GO-Biz Funding For One Year. The administration ’s proposal for $1.2 million General Fund per year for three years is not justified given that the bulk of the program ’s workload will end next year under current law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3586

The 2017-18 Budget: The State Controller’s Office Unclaimed Property Program

Feb 24, 2017 - Holders must do this between six months and one year prior to their deadline to report the property to the SCO (the “holder report ”). Within 165 days of the holder report, SCO notifies owners that their property will escheat to the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3584

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 24, 2017 - The community caseload has steadily increased year over year. The Governor ’s budget projects RC consumer caseload of slightly more than 317,000 as of January 31, 2018, an increase of 4.6  percent over the estimated caseload as of January 31, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581

The 2017-18 Budget: Alternatives to the Governor’s Proposition 2 Proposals

Feb 23, 2017 - These include certain budgetary liabilities (amounts the state owes schools and amounts the state ’s General Fund owes other state funds), unfunded liabilities for pensions, and prefunding for retiree health benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3574