Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program

Jan 27, 2016 - The state allows these districts to keep this additional revenue and treat it like other general purpose funding. These districts are known as basic aid districts (a term derived from a requirement in the State Constitution that all school districts receive a minimum level of state funding equal to $120 per student).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3331

Gauging Risk in Capital Gains Revenue Estimates [EconTax Blog]

Feb 12, 2019 - Gauging Risk in Capital Gains Revenue Estimates [EconTax Blog] Gauging Risk in Capital Gains Revenue Estimates February 12, 2019 Justin Garosi Revenue from taxation of capital gains is a major component of state personal income tax collections, making up 16 percent of total projected personal income tax revenues for 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/346

The 2016-17 Budget: California Spending Plan

Oct 5, 2016 - The state uses the SACS system to collect financial data from LEAs and meet various reporting requirements. The state initially approved the SACS replacement project in 2011. In 2014, the state approved a major cost escalation of the project (from $5.9  million to $21.2  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3487/3

Minimum amount of charity care nonprofit hospitals must provide. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2015 - Collectively, the state ’s for-profit hospitals pay tens of millions of dollars annually in the state corporate income tax. The state ’s nonprofit hospitals are generally exempt from the state corporate income tax and local property taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-102

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

Upcoming Changes in Medi-Cal Create Fiscal and Policy Uncertainty

Oct 9, 2015 - Beginning in 2017, the state will pay 5  percent of these costs, phasing up to 10  percent in 2020 and thereafter. The administration has estimated that this could result in additional state General Fund costs of roughly $1  billion annually by 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3300

A proposed statutory initiative related to felony sentencing (Amendment #1). [Ballot]

Oct 2, 2015 - Offenders convicted of felonies can be sentenced as follows: State Prison. Felony offenders who have current or prior convictions for serious, violent, or sex crimes can be sentenced to state prison.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-048

The President of California Act [Ballot]

May 14, 2015 - The chief executive of state or regional government in every state, commonwealth, and territory of the United States of America is referred to as Governor. In California, the Gove rnor has  many powers and responsibilities, including:   signing into law or vetoing  legislation passed by the Legislature, preparing and submitting to the Legislature
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-013

The 2017-18 Budget: National Housing Trust Fund Staffing

Feb 23, 2017 - The first allocations from the NHTF to states were announced in the summer of 2016. California was awarded $10.1 million to be allocated by the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to affordable housing projects in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3580

Eliminate State Cost of Sex Offender Assessment Mandate

May 5, 2015 - Eliminate State Cost of Sex Offender Assessment Mandate Eliminate State Cost of Sex Offender Assessment Mandate Program: State Mandates Finding or Recommendation: Eliminate future state costs for the sex offender assessment mandate by eliminating the elements found to be a state reimbursable mandate, as they do
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/842