^[PDF] Questions and Answers: California's First Retiree Health Valuation

Legislative approval of fund‑ ing for retiree health and dental benefits occurs in the annual budget bill, following the California Public Employees’ Retirement System’s (CalPERS’) negotiation of health plan rates for the upcoming calendar year.
https://lao.ca.gov/2007/ret_health_val/ret_health_val_050907.pdf

2013 CalFacts

School Staffing Shrank Over Past Four Years Full –Time Equivalent (FTE) Personnel Over this period, year –to –year changes in the teacher workforce were relatively small whereas shifts in administrators and pupil support personnel were more volatile.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2013/calfacts/calfacts_010213.aspx

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

^[PDF] State Spending Plan for 1989-90

It further proposed to fund the benefit through increased General Fund support to school districts, to reimburse them for increased retirement system contri- butions. The Legislature enacted two bills (SB 1513, Campbelland SB 1407,CecilGreen) providing funding for the benefits in the budget year and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/1989/0889_state_spending_plan.pdf

August 2020 Cap-and-Trade Auction Update [EconTax Blog]

Aug 25, 2020 - While the enacted 2020-21 budget package does not include a detailed discretionary expenditure plan, it does appropriate $134 million to support state departments ’ administration of programs allocated GGRF in prior years. 2020-21 Auction Revenue Subject to Substantial Uncertainty.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/532

Managing California's Insolvency: The Impact of Federal Proposals on Unemployment Insurance

This calculation proceeds in two steps: (1) for each of the preceding 20 calendar years, the amount of benefits paid is divided by the total wages paid to covered employees and (2) the highest three values are averaged.
https://lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/ssrv/ui_solvency/ui_insolvency_070711.aspx

Highlights of the 99-00 Analysis of the Budget Bill

This absence of explicit expectations for districts could even lead to counter-producti ve incentives. ( Analysis, page E-69. ) Getting $150 Million to Schools in the Upcoming School Year We recommend that the first appropriations for "Governor's Performance Awards" be in the same fiscal year that, as a practical matter, the awards can be distributed to sc hools (2000-01).
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/0299_99-00_highlights.html

The 2019-20 May Revision: K-12 Cal Grant Mandate

May 28, 2019 - To streamline the GPA submission process and encourage higher Cal Grant participation, Chapter 679 of 2014 (AB 2160, Ting) requires that all high school seniors in public schools be considered Cal Grant applicants unless they opt out during their junior year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4052

1996-97 Budget Analysis: Department of Corrections Part I

By the year 2024, the over-60 segment will constitute just under 8 perce nt of the total prison population, compared to the 1.1 percent share it represents today. Meanwhile, the share of the population that is under age 30 will shrink, going from the pr esent level of 40 percent to about 25 percent in the year 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96d1.html

Initiative process. [Ballot]

Nov 17, 2021 - Beginning in 2024-25, the measure would require that the appropriation level be adjusted annually to reflect any increase or decrease in the California Consumer Price Index. The measure does not specify whether this appropriation would be considered part of legislative appropriations —and therefore subject to the constitutional limit —or not.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-024