Personal income taxes and funding for education and health programs (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Nov 10, 2015 - Background California ’s State Budget. California state taxes —primarily income taxes —are spent mainly from the state government ’s General Fund. The General Fund is budgeted to spend about $115  billion during the current 2015-16 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-070

The 2016-17 Budget: Precision Medicine Research Funding

Mar 18, 2016 - What Is the State ’s Role in Funding Research? California ’s academic and research institutions conduct a wide variety of research with the potential to improve Californians ’ health and wellbeing. Most of the state ’s research institutions, including UC, receive a majority of their direct funding for research from federal, private, and other non-state sources.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3396

The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program

Mar 27, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program SCAPAP = State ‑County Assessors ’ Partnership Agreement Program. Note: Part ‑time staff displayed as 0.5 full ‑time staff.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3632

The 2018-19 Budget: Grant Delivery System Replacement

Mar 6, 2018 - State IT Projects Generally Go Through State Approval Process. Most state IT projects are required to go through the Project Approval Lifecycle (PAL), a four-stage planning process overseen by the California Department of Technology (CDT).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3770

Pre-litigation procedures for construction-related accessibility claims. [Ballot]

Jan 19, 2016 - State Accessibility Laws. A violation of the federal ADA also constitutes a violation of state law. State law provides additional protections and remedies to those with disabilities. For example, state law allows private parties to receive compensation for violations of construction-related accessibility standards, including penalties for damages incurred by an injured party —subject to statutory minimums —and attorney fees.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-113

Changes to how Californians vote. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Feb 3, 2016 - Secretary of State. Among other duties, the Secretary of State is the state ’s chief elections officer and oversees a variety of elements related to elections, campaigns, and lobbying in California. In addition to maintaining other information technology ( IT) systems, the Secretary of State oversees the development of California ’s statewide voter registration system, known as VoteCal, discussed in greater detail below.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-118

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Reserve Proposal

Feb 19, 2016 - The State Constitution has specific rules regarding how and when the state must make deposits into or may make withdrawals from the BSA. Budget Stabilization Account Proposition   2. Proposition  2 (2014) establishes a minimum amount that the state must use to build reserves and pay down debts each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3348

Improving Workforce Education and Training Data in California [Publication Details]

Aug 18, 2016 - In addition, to collect information about program participants’ longer-term outcomes, state agencies often must share and link data with one another. Currently, the state's method for linking data is inefficient and administratively burdensome.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3494

The 2016-17 Budget: The State's Drought Response

Feb 5, 2016 - We then describe how the current drought has impacted the state ’s agricultural, rural, environmental, and urban sectors. State in Midst of Severe Drought State Experiencing Exceptionally Dry Period.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3343

How California Governments Respond to Disasters [Publication Details]

Jan 10, 2019 - Government agencies are responsible for reacting quickly to disasters to help limit damage to people and their property. This includes assessing the disaster situation and bringing in the necessary resources to respond in a coordinated way. This post describes the state system used to facilitate a coordinated response to disasters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3919