The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - Building supportive housing helps increase the state ’s overall housing stock, lessening the state ’s chronic housing shortage. This is not true of other types of assistance. Another consideration is when No Place Like Home funding will become available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

Update on COLA for K-14 Education Programs

Apr 28, 2017 - Background Statutory COLA Determined by Price Index for State and Local Governments. State law specifies that certain school and community college programs are to receive an annual COLA. The statutory COLA rate is tied to a national price index developed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (a division of the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3657

A proposed statutory initiative related to the cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana. [Ballot]

Sep 1, 2015 - These priorities include ensuring that marijuana is not distributed to minors or diverted from states that have legalized marijuana to other states. State and local governments currently collect sales tax on medicinal marijuana sales.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-039

The 2019-20 Budget: What Can Be Done to Improve Local Planning for Housing? [Publication Details]

Feb 20, 2019 - Format: HTML Description: As part of the 2019‑20 Governor’s Budget, the administration proposes changing state oversight of local housing decisions and proposes offering rewards to cities and counties to encourage them to plan for and approve housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3938

Local government taxes and fees. [Ballot]

Jan 11, 2018 - Proposal This measure amends the State Constitution to change the rules for how local governments can impose taxes, fees, and other charges. Taxes Expands Definition of Tax. The measure amends the State Constitution to expand the definition of taxes to include some charges that local governments currently treat as nontax levies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-051

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s budget includes over $600 million from the General Fund and Proposition 68 for deferred maintenance projects at various state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3929

The 2017-18 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office

Feb 3, 2017 - The 2017-18 Budget: State Treasurer’s Office The 2017-18 Budget State Treasurer ’s Office The State Treasurer ’s Office (STO) is a constitutionally established office led by the elected State Treasurer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3545

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - In 2017 ‑18, the state share increases to 5.5  percent. Figure 3 Federal Share of Costs for ACA Optional Expansion Population State Fiscal Year
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - The state also distributes most federal funds for education to school districts and local education agencies. However, despite these ultimate beneficiaries, we categorize all federal payments that are first distributed to the state as “payments to the state government. ” We take a similar approach for payments to local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/1

Related to the cultivation, use, possession, and sale of marijuana. [Ballot]

Aug 24, 2015 - State Legalization of Marijuana-Related Activities. Under the measure, individuals age 21 or over could legally possess, sell, transport, process, and cultivate marijuana under state law. The measure also states that state and local governments are prohibited from enforcing federal prohibitions on marijuana.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-036