The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The major changes to the IHSS program include the (1)  establishment of a new IHSS state ‑county cost sharing structure and state ‑level collective bargaining appeals process, and (2)  codification of existing IHSS overtime exemptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/7

The 2017-18 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 16, 2016 - State or federal policy changes could have a significant impact on the state's bottom line. Reports by Policy Area
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3507

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - The years 2012 through 2015 are the driest consecutive four-year stretch since the state started keeping records in 1896. This lack of precipitation has caused drought conditions around the state. Drought effects have included fallowed farm fields, groundwater depletion from increased pumping, dry residential wells, degraded habitats for fish and wildlife, and high rates of tree mortality in the state ’s forests.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/5

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Slots Budget Package Increases Funding for State Preschool Slots. The budget provides $34  million for the State Preschool program to annualize the cost of preschool slots added January 1, 2015. The budget also provides $8  million for 2,959 new full –day State Preschool slots at LEAs starting April  1, 2017.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/4

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - In this post, we provide more detail on federal funding for the state's natural resources and environmental protection programs, with a focus on the five state departments that receive the most federal funds last year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Proposition  2 requires the state to make minimum annual deposits into the BSA, the state ’s rainy day fund. The budget includes a total Proposition  2 reserve requirement in 2016 –17 of $1.3  billion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/1

Cal Facts: 2016

Dec 5, 2016 - Between 1980 and 2015, the state ’s overall crime rate declined by about 60  percent. This decline is similar to trends in crime patterns in the rest of the United States. In 2015, about 3,000 crimes were committed in California per 100,000 residents —a total of about 1.2  million incidents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3511/4

LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook [Publication Details]

May 20, 2016 - LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook [Publication Details] LAO Multiyear State Budget Outlook Format: HTML Description: This online post is our office’s multiyear outlook for California’s General Fund through 2019-20 based on current state law and policies, as modified by the Governor’s May Revision proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3472

Proposed Reserves in the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2016 - In this process, the state reevaluates each year ’s BSA deposit twice: once in each of the two subsequent budgets. The state revises the BSA deposit up (down) if excess capital gains are higher (lower) than the state ’s prior estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3463

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Budget Overview State Spending Figure  1 displays total state and federal spending in the 2016 –17 budget package as of June 2016. As shown in the figure, the budget at that time assumed total state spending of $167.1  billion (not including federal and bond funds), an increase of 3.2  percent over revised totals for 2015 –16 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487