The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals [Publication Details]

Mar 3, 2017 - The Governor’s 2017‑18 budget includes three specific proposals related to the state’s criminal fine and fee system. In this report, we provide a general overview of the fine and fee system and then discuss each of the Governor’s proposals. In particular, we assess the impact that each proposal would have on the system and make recommendations for legislative consideration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3600

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Criminal Fine and Fee Proposals

Mar 3, 2017 - Eliminating the formulas allows the state to more easily reprioritize the use of funding to those programs that are deemed to be of higher priority. For example, state and local law enforcement training programs would have been required to reduce expenditures the most under existing state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3600

The 2017-18 Budget: Increased Staffing for Labor Standards Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - For example, employers in the car wash and garment manufacturing industries and farm labor contractors are currently subject to registration with DLSE and enhanced enforcement activities under state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3602

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - This means that the Receiver, rather than the state, generally has control over medical care in state prisons. In order for the state to regain control, the state must demonstrate that it can provide a sustainable constitutional level of care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - Subscribe | California State Legislature | Online Voter Registration | Privacy Policy | Accessibility Legislative Analyst's Office | The California Legislature's Nonpartisan Fiscal and Policy Advisor 925 L Street, Suite 1000 Sacramento, CA 95814 | (916) 445-4656
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2017 - Under the State Constitution, state tax revenues in excess of the Prop 4 (1979) state appropriations limit, or Gann Limit, must be split between taxpayer rebates and additional school spending. The Governor now proposes a new calculation methodology that creates $22 billion in additional state spending capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3596

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor's Gann Limit Proposal

Mar 2, 2017 - State subventions for community colleges are treated similarly to subventions for school districts. The portion of state support dedicated to equalization will be placed, along with state ‑supported categorical programs, in the state base.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3596

February 2017 Cap-and-Trade Auction Results [EconTax Blog]

Mar 1, 2017 - These continue to be important factors affecting long-term market conditions and state revenue. The short-term increased bidding activity and state revenue at the November 2016 auction could have been related to the annual increase in the minimum price —from $12.73 to $13.57 —that went into effect for the February 2017 auction.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/232

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of Special Education “Disconnect”

Mar 1, 2017 - Prior to 2013 ‑14, the state also included federal funds in the AB 602 formula. Due to complicated interactions between state and federal law, the state removed federal funds from AB 602 calculations starting in 2013 ‑14.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3598

The 2017-18 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Mar 1, 2017 - Governor ’s Proposal The administration proposes budget trailer legislation that prevents CalPIA from establishing reserves to prefund retiree health benefit and pension liabilities in the future and clarifies that CalPIA is only required to fund retiree health benefit and pension liabilities to the level established by the administration or as determined by CalPERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3595