1,000 percent sales tax on political advertisements. [Ballot]

Oct 28, 2015 - The state spends tens of billions of dollars per year to fund part of the operations of hundreds of public educational entities in California. These entities include early childhoo d education providers, K-12 school districts, community colleges, and two public university systems (the California State University and the University of California).
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-061

The 2016-17 Budget: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Mar 1, 2016 - The OES maintains the State Emergency Plan —which outlines the organizational structure for emergency response to natural and man-made disasters —and assists local governments and other state agencies in developing their own emergency preparedness and response plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/report/3376

Road Charge Pilot Program Update

Sep 15, 2016 - Most state funding for highways and roads in California comes from excise taxes on gasoline. Essentially, the gas excise tax serves as a proxy charge for road usage, as taxes paid roughly correspond with miles driven.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3499

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act [Ballot]

Feb 5, 2015 - The CalWORKs program is supported with both state and federal funds, but because all CalWORKs  federal funds are capped, these additional costs would probably be borne by the state. These costs would typically not be significant compared to total state spending for CalWORKs, which is estimated to cost about $5.6 billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-013

Income Mobility in California Across Generations

Jan 4, 2017 - Figure 3 shows how, on this measure of mobility, California compares to other U.S. states. While mobility is higher in some parts of the Mountain West and Midwest, income mobility in California is high compared to Southern states, and comparable to some other Western states, the Mid–Atlantic, and much of New England.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3518

The 2016-17 Budget: Evaluating FI$Cal

Mar 10, 2016 - The Project Directorate includes the Director of Finance, the State Controller, the State Treasurer, and the Director of DGS. Like the Steering Committee, the directorate operates under a consensus decision –making model.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3386

The 2018-19 Budget: Overview of the Governor’s Proposition 98 Budget Package

Jan 18, 2018 - Of the new spending, almost $5  billion (78  percent) of it is for K-12 education, $1.2  billion (19) percent is for CCC, and $193  million (3  percent) is for the California State Preschool Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3732

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Justice

Jan 31, 2017 - DOJ currently has a Tobacco Litigation and Enforcement Section that administers and enforces numerous federal and state tobacco laws. For example, this section is responsible for overseeing compliance with the tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) —an agreement reached in 1998 between four large tobacco companies and the Attorneys General of 46 states, including California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3543

Electronic voting in elections in California. (Amendment #1.) [Ballot]

Jan 4, 2016 - Among other duties, the Secretary of State is California ’s chief elections officer and oversees a variety of elements related to elections, including testing and certifying voting machines and compiling state election results.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-108

Parental Notification, Child and Teen Safety, and Stop Sexual Predators and Sex Traffickers Act—Version 2 [Ballot]

Feb 9, 2015 - The CalWORKs program is supported with both state and federal funds, but because all CalWORKs federal funds are capped, these additional costs would probably be borne by the state. These costs would typically not be significant compared to total state spending for CalWORKs, which is estimated to cost about $5.6  billion in state and federal funds in 2014-15.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2014-014