New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State

Oct 5, 2016 - States can enforce restrictions consistent with federal rules. States cannot enforce different restrictions for same scope without securing waiver. a Some existing state laws and regulations are “grandfathered ” and, hence, will continue to be enforceable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3504

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2016 - This year's California Spending Plan includes an interactive graphic to help the reader visualize how the state budget spent $167 billion in total state revenues. Reports by Policy Area
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New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State [Publication Details]

Oct 5, 2016 - New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State [Publication Details] New Federal Toxics Law Could Have Future Implications for State Format: HTML Description: On June 22, 2016, the President signed the Frank R.
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The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - Chapter  547 of 2015 (SB  350, de  Le ón) expanded the state ’s renewable portfolio standard from 33  percent by 2020 to 50  percent by 2030 and established a state goal of doubling the amount of energy efficiency savings by 2030.
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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 .
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The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - This IT project will replace the state ’s aging and decentralized IT financial systems with a new system integrating state government processes in the areas of budgeting, accounting, cash management, and procurement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/11

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The state uses the SACS system to collect financial data from LEAs and meet various reporting requirements. The state initially approved the SACS replacement project in 2011. In 2014, the state approved a major cost escalation of the project (from $5.9  million to $21.2  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/3

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

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The law, Chapter  773 of 2015 (AB  403, Stone), made significant changes to the way the state cares for children who have been removed from their home and placed into the state ’s foster care system.
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Revisiting the Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Insolvency

Sep 30, 2016 - Employers pay both state and federal UI payroll taxes. State UI taxes are deposited into the state ’s UI trust fund to pay for benefits to unemployed workers. Federal UI taxes are typically used to pay for certain costs other than state benefit payments, such as program administration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3503/1