The 2019-20 Budget: Aligning the State’s IT Project Approval Process With the Annual Budget Process

Mar 14, 2019 - CDT, a department within the California Government Operations Agency, is the state ’s central IT organization and has broad authority over all aspects of technology in state government. One of CDT ’s responsibilities is to review and approve IT project proposals received from state agencies and departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3976

California Community Colleges State Operations

Apr 11, 2018 - California Community Colleges State Operations The 2018-19 Budget California Community Colleges State Operations In this post, we provide background on the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor ’s Office and then discuss the Governor ’s proposal to provide a $2 million augmentation for 15 new positions within the office.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3806

Summary of Child Care and Preschool Recommendations [EdBudget]

May 15, 2018 - One‑time funding is unlikely to improve program quality on a lasting basis and facility needs could be funded through the state ’s existing revolving loan program. Subsidized county child care pilot programs Increases CDE state operations by $624,000 to administer 13 child care pilot programs previously authorized by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/132

Firearms and ammunition (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Dec 16, 2015 - As permitted by federal law, California is one of 13 states that chose to receive all requests from firearms dealers, allowing the state to search NICS and various state databases to ensure that individuals seeking to purchase or receive firearms are not prohibited.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-098

The 2017-18 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 18, 2017 - Budget Overview State Spending Figure  1 displays the administration ’s June 2017 estimates of total state and federal spending in the 2017 ‑18 budget package. As shown in the figure, the budget assumed total state spending of $180  billion (excluding federal and bond funds), an increase of 7  percent over revised totals for 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3694

The 2020-21 Budget: California Student Aid Commission [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2020 - In this brief, we provide an overview of the Governor’s proposed budget for the California Student Aid Commission (CSAC). We then (1) assess the Governor’s Cal Grant cost estimates, (2) analyze the Governor’s proposal to fund a student loan outreach initiative, and (3) analyze the Governor’s state operations proposals for CSAC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4182

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: Analysis of Special Education “Disconnect” [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2017 - Since 2013-14, the state has experienced a disconnect between the funding allocated for special education and the funding level specified by state law. In this web post, we explain the source of this disconnect and offer two options for rectifying it.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3598

Estimating the Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to Undocumented Adults

May 10, 2018 - Based on a number of key assumptions that we had to make (including some that we outline below), we estimate that the total net state cost of this coverage expansion is approximately $3  billion in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3827

The 2018-19 May Revision: LAO Economic Outlook

May 12, 2018 - A multitude of factors, however, will influence the path of the state ’s economy in ways that are very difficult to anticipate. Some of these factors are discussed below. Tight Labor Markets. The state ’s unemployment rate (4.2  percent as of March  2018) is the lowest it has been in decades.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3829