The 2016-17 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 16, 2016 - With a few exceptions, state parks cost more to operate and maintain than they currently generate in revenue. For this reason, the state park system is partly funded from the state General Fund. The annual state budget has provided about $117  million in General Fund for support of DPR in each of the past couple years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3354

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal

Feb 12, 2016 - The state has invested many billions of dollars in its infrastructure assets, which play critical roles in the state ’s economy. Moreover, when repairs to key building and infrastructure components are put off, facilities can eventually require more expensive investments, such as emergency repairs (when systems break down), capital improvements (such as major rehabilitation), or replacement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3353

The 2016-17 Budget: Governor’s General Fund Deferred Maintenance Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2016 - We find the Governor’s deferred maintenance proposal addresses an important state need. However, we also find that it raises several issues for legislative consideration.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3353

The 2016-17 Budget: Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 47 [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2016 -
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The 2016-17 Budget: Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 47

Feb 12, 2016 - (In recent years, the state has been under a federal court order to reduce overcrowding in CDCR ’s 34 prisons. Specifically, the court found that prison overcrowding was the primary reason the state was unable to provide inmates with constitutionally adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce its prison population to 137.5  percent of design capacity.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3352

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - Federal law provides that penalties may be eliminated if a state enters into a “corrective compliance plan ” that results in the state meeting the WPR requirement in a later year. To date, the state has submitted two corrective compliance plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - However, a subset of children with higher incomes qualify for Medi –Cal as part of the state ’s CHIP. Currently, the federal government pays 88  percent of the costs for children enrolled in CHIP and the state pays 12  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350

Parole consideration, credits, and the prosecution of juveniles in adult court, Amendment No. 1. [Ballot]

Feb 11, 2016 - Prosecution of Youth in Adult Court Net Reduction in State Costs. If fewer youths are tried and convicted in adult criminal court, the measure would have a number of fiscal effects on the state. First, it would reduce state prison and parole costs as youths affected by the measure would no longer spend any time in prison or be supervised by state parole agents following their release.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-121

Information included on ballots or sample ballots. [Ballot]

Feb 11, 2016 - This could result in different decisions being made —for example, on legislation and the state budget —that otherwise would be the case. These decisions could have an effect on state and local spending and revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-122

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 11, 2016 - We review the Governor's 2016-17 budget proposals for (1) the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) program, (2) In-Home Supportive Services, (3) California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs), and (4) Foster Care. Further, we provide the Legislature with key issues to consider when evaluating the Governor's budget proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3351