LAO multiyear budget outlook

May 26, 2015 - Over the budget window, our higher revenue estimates result in $658 million higher General Fund spending on the Proposition 98 minimum guarantee for schools and community colleges. (Please see our analysis of the May Revision Proposition 98 proposals for more detail.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/855

Implementation and administration costs for proposed EITC

May 22, 2015 - Given the importance of implementing the EITC by the beginning of the next calendar year, we also recommend the Legislature adopt  supplemental report language  requesting a status update on the implementation of the EITC program by January 10, 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/846

Shellfish Suppression Act [Ballot]

May 22, 2015 - This measure would make the consumption or sale of shellfish (such as crab, lobster, and shrimp) a serious felony punishable by a fine of $666,000 and/or imprisonment of up to roughly six and a half years.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-016

The Neighborhood Legislature Reform Act [Ballot]

May 19, 2015 - The measure also specifies that the compensation for each Senator and Assembly Member shall be $1,000 per year and the compensation for each member of the Working Comm ittees shall be $50,000 per year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-015

Administration proposals to change workforce budgeting.

May 18, 2015 - Each year, departments ’ costs of doing business increase. These costs include (1) inflationary cost increases for operating expenses and equipment (rent, postage, fuel, etc.) and (2) merit salary adjust ments that departments must provide to eligible employees every year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/853

The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Proposition 98 May Revision Budget Package [Publication Details]

May 18, 2015 - The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Proposition 98 May Revision Budget Package [Publication Details] The 2015-16 Budget: Analysis of the Proposition 98 May Revision Budget Package Format: PDF Description: In this brief, we analyze the Governor’s Proposition 98 May Revision budget package for schools and the California Community Colleges (CCC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3254

Control Section 3.61

May 17, 2015 - As a result, mid-year augmentatio ns have been necessary to avoid running a deficiency. The Department of Finance indicated that the state needed to appropriate an additional $3 million to prevent the item from run ning a deficiency in both 2013-14 and 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/850

May Revision: Earned Income Tax Credit Proposal [EconTax Blog]

May 17, 2015 - By reducing General Fund tax revenues, the EITC reduces the revenue base upon which key Proposition 98 school funding calculations are made. In many years, therefore, the EITC could reduce Proposition 98 funding for schools and community colleges to some extent. 2015-16, however, may not be such a year.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/107

May Revision: Proposition 30 Estimates, Accrual Uncertainties [EconTax Blog]

May 17, 2015 - The state budgets on a fiscal-year basis (July 1 through June 30). The structure of Proposition 30 is such that its temporary  revenues do not go away all at once in a single fiscal year. Instead, the revenues  roll off over several fiscal years.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/106

Changes to the state's hiring process

May 17, 2015 - In the more than 80 years since the voters first established the civil service, a variety of statutes, decisions, rules, practices, and case law have bui lt upon the constitutional framework of a merit-based civil service system.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/851