Estimating the CalWORKs Take-Up Rate [Publication Details]

Feb 2, 2021 - This is the first in a series of several posts estimating the percentage of California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs)-eligible individuals who actually enroll in the program—otherwise known as the CalWORKs take-up rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4340

Consumer privacy. [Ballot]

Dec 1, 2017 - State Privacy Laws. The State Constitution guarantees individuals the right to privacy. State law also includes various other provisions related to privacy and personal information: Definition of Personal Information.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-039

State Fiscal Effects of California’s Minimum Wage

Nov 15, 2017 - These income changes will affect the number of people receiving services, the cost of the services they receive, and the ways costs are shared among federal, state, and county governments. On net, these effects likely will reduce state General Fund spending on these programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3714

The California Drug Price Relief Act (Amendment #1) [Ballot]

Apr 21, 2015 - This price ceiling would also apply to all programs where the state or any state administrative agency or other state enti ty is the ultimate payer for the drug, even if it did not purchase the drug directly.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-009

California Public Higher Education: Funding Supplemental Services for Low-Income and First-Generation Students

Dec 20, 2017 - State Has Been Phasing in Formula Over Multiple Years. In developing LCFF, the state created per ‑student funding targets that were significantly higher than the going rates. Starting in 2013 ‑14, the state began providing augmentations to LCFF to close the difference (or gap) between their prior ‑year funding level and their LCFF target level.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3724

New Workload and Funding for the California Department of Education [EdBudget]

Jul 18, 2019 - 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/Education/EdBudget/Details/289

Changes in California’s relationship with the United States of America. [Ballot]

Jul 10, 2017 - In 1850, Congress and President Fillmore approved the act admitting California as one of the United States of America. Section 1 of Article III of the current State Constitution pr ovides that California “is an inseparable part of the United States of America. ” The State Constitution provides that the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-005

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - The General Fund view shows the user how the state spends its tax revenues over which the state has relative discretion, while the General Fund + Special Funds view arguably provides a more comprehensive look at total state spending in the budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694/13

Changes to the state's hiring process

May 17, 2015 - California ’s current system of state civil service employment dates back to the November 1934 election, when voters approved Proposition 7, adding what is now Article VII to the State Consti tution.  
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/851

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment [Publication Details]

Oct 15, 2018 - Rethinking the 1991 Realignment [Publication Details] HTML Description: California has shifted programmatic and funding responsibility between the state and counties for various programs over the last 40 years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3886