Reconsidering the Optional Single Sales Factor [Publication Details]

May 26, 2010 - Our findings indicate that: (1) a formula with a higher weight on sales and lower weights on property and payroll promotes job growth to some extent; (2) with most states’ formulas now based only on sales, the old formula that used property and payroll could put some California producers at a competitive disadvantage; and (3) allowing firms to choose their formula every year arbitrarily favors some firms over others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2290

Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Revenues Could Offset General Fund Support for Healthy Families Program (HFP)

May 26, 2010 - The Governor ’s May Revision proposes to use $186.2 million in Children ‘s Health and Human Services (CHHS) Special Fund revenue for the Healthy Families Program (HFP) in the budget year (an increase of $48.9 million from the November estimate).  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/253

CHIPRA Implementation

May 26, 2010 - CHIPRA Implementation Healthy Families Program Finding or Recommendation: Approve the administration’s request for $7.2 million and 9.0 two-year limited-term positions, along with budget bill language that allows for legislative oversight and accountability for the funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/252

Overview of Governor's Child Care Proposals [Publication Details]

May 25, 2010 - Presented to the Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee. May 25, 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2284

Overview of the Governor's Proposition 98 May Revision Proposal [Publication Details]

May 25, 2010 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Education. Hon. Wilmer Amina Carter, Chair. May 25, 2010.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2287

Medi-Cal Managed Care Rate Setting Methodology for Two Plan Model

May 20, 2010 - This approachavoids huge year-over-year changes in plan rates and gives plans time to adjust their business practi ces to the new rates. (As noted above, the other 80  percent of the final rate is comprised of the plan-specific rate calculated in the first step.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/236

May Revision: Governor's Proposal to Eliminate CalWORKs. Effective October 1, 2010, this proposal would result in net savings of approximately $1.1 billion beyond earlier proposed reductions.

May 20, 2010 - Although the ECF is scheduled to expire on September 30, 2010, both the President ’s budget and the Governor ’s budget assume it will be extended for one more year. Proposal Would Shift Costs to Counties and Elsewhere .
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/241

Child care quality improvement activities.

May 20, 2010 - Over the last several years, between $5 million and $10 million in budgeted funds have gone unspent. For t his reason, we recommend the Legislature reduce the budgeted quality allotment by only $6.2 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/243

May Revision proposal for Access for Infants and Mothers

May 20, 2010 - State expenditures from the Perinatal Insurance Fund in the budget year that are $1.9 million higher than projected in January. AIM premium revenues that are $200,000 lower than expected. This proposal would leave a negative balance of $25,000 in the Perinatal Insurance Fund, meaning if the caseload projections and cost projections were exactly accurate, the progr am would have
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/247

Contributions to the Judges' Retirement System (JRS) II.

May 20, 2010 - Moreover, even as estimated JRS II liabilities expanded 23 percent (due in part to the new assumptions described above) since last year's actuarial valuation, the market value of JRS II assets dropped 3 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/220