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

Feb 28, 2017 - Not only can information secur ity breaches impede the state ’s ability to serve the public, but the costs both to the state and to the individuals affected could be substantial. We note that information maintained within the state ’s various IT systems has different levels of sensitivity and requires different levels of protection.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594

The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System [Publication Details] The 2017-18 Budget: California State Payroll System Format: HTML Description: The State Controller’s Office (SCO) has recently renewed its effort to replace the state’s payroll system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3590

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

Feb 28, 2017 - After the state reduced SSP grants to the federally required minimum levels, the state could no longer do this. Governor ’s Proposal Full-Year Cost of January 2017 SSP COLA.  The budget includes $73  million from the General Fund for a full year of funding for the COLA increase to the state ’s SSP portion of the grant, which became effective January 1, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/3

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

Feb 28, 2017 - TANF Funding in the State Budget State Has Significant Flexibility in the Allocation of TANF Block Grant Funds. As shown in Figure  3, a majority of the state ’s available TANF block grant funds (about 58  percent in 2017 ‑18) is used to support the CalWORKs program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/1

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

Feb 28, 2017 - The remaining costs of the IHSS program are paid for by the state and counties. Historically, the state paid for 65  percent of nonfederal program costs and counties paid for the remaining 35  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/2

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2017 - The Governor's budget proposes $14 million total funds across various departments to strengthen information security. In this analysis, we discuss our findings and recommendations regarding the state's approach towards strengthening information security.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3594

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2017 - In this set of budget posts, we provide an overview of the Governor's 2017-18 budget for human services programs. We also describe the budget proposal in detail for the In-Home Supportive Services, Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment, and CalWORKs programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3576

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

Feb 27, 2017 - We estimate that if the Legislature took on all the costs associated with the state minimum wage and federal overtime rules, the cost ‑sharing ratio for nonfederal costs would change from 35/65 county/state to roughly 32/68 county/state in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

The 2017-18 Budget: California Competes Tax Credit

Feb 27, 2017 - Chapter 69 of 2013 (AB 93, Committee on Budget) eliminated state economic development programs known as Enterprise Zones and replaced them with several new economic development programs. One such program —the California Competes tax credit —provides tax credits to select businesses on a case-by-case basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3586

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

Feb 24, 2017 - State Minimum Wage Increases. Increase of $77  million ($44  million General Fund) to reflect full ‑year implementation of a January 1, 2017 state minimum wage increase (to $10.50 per hour) and half ‑year implementation of a scheduled January  1, 2018 state minimum wage increase (to $11  per hour).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581