The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal

Feb 24, 2016 - Schools Benefit From Governor’s Proposal. After a few years of large funding increases under Proposition  98, the Governor’s budget provides schools and community colleges a more modest increase in 2016–17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3363

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of Child Care and Preschool Proposals

Feb 24, 2016 - If families instead made similar decisions to families currently in the AP program and relied more heavily on FCCHs and license –exempt care, converting SRR slots into vouchers would cost roughly $25  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3367

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Proposition 2 Debt Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2016 - We find the administration’s proposal focuses on paying down low-interest debts that benefit schools and potentially benefit special fund fee payers. We suggest an alternative approach that could save taxpayers billions of dollars more over the long run.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3363

School Accountability: Changes to State and Federal Systems [Publication Details]

Feb 24, 2016 - School Accountability: Changes to State and Federal Systems [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3368

The 2016-17 Budget: Transportation Proposals

Feb 23, 2016 - The budget includes $25  million for site acquisition and preliminary plans for new CHP offices in Hayward, El Centro, and Ventura. The administration currently plans to request an additional $106  million as part of the 2017 –18 budget to fund the construction of these three offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3366

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: 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

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: 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