The 2017-18 Budget: Office Of Emergency Services (OES)

Feb 16, 2017 - Background The Public Assistance Program is responsible for administering federal and state local assistance funding related to disaster recovery, including the state ’s CDAA local assistance funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3563

The 2017-18 Budget: California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3568

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2017 - In this report, we analyze the Governor's higher education budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3559

A national popular vote in presidential elections. [Ballot]

Feb 16, 2017 - Most states —including California —award all of the state ’s electoral votes to the presidential candidate who wins the popular vote in that state. Under this system, a candidate can be elected President by receiving a majority of electoral votes without winning the popular vote nationwide.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2016-012

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset [Publication Details]

Feb 16, 2017 - Under state law, county office of educations’ excess property tax revenue offsets state General Fund support for trial courts. In this post, we describe the offset and recommend the Legislature adjust the offset to better reflect growth in local property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - EPA, DTSC pays for investigation, remediation, and O &M from state funds if no RP can be compelled to pay these costs. These projects are referred to as “state ‑only orphan sites. ” Costs for Federal NPL Sites Prioritized Over State ‑Only Sites.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Funding For K-12 Education

Feb 15, 2017 - California provides state funding for s imilar purposes as ESSA. Most notably, the state provides significant funding targeted for low-income students and English learners under its main per-pupil funding formula.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3564

The 2017-18 Budget: Judicial Branch

Feb 14, 2017 - State Oversight of Court Information Technology (IT) Projects. The California Department of Technology (CDT) is the state ’s central IT organization and generally has broad authority over all aspects of technology in state government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3557

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's Cannabis Proposals

Feb 14, 2017 - Therefore, the administration will provide trailer bill language to align the state ’s cannabis regulations. The concept of aligning the state ’s regulations where feasible makes sense. The extent to which the regulatory structures for medical and nonmedical cannabis are aligned would affect the resources necessary for state departments to regulate the cannabis industry.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3556

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Transportation

Feb 14, 2017 - State law establishes SHOPP as the state ’s program of capital projects to rehabilitate and operate state highways. Caltrans generally does not use SHOPP funds to assist motorists with the operation of their vehicles, such as by providing fueling stations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3560