What Is the Adult Education Block Grant?

Jan 6, 2016 - How Did State Education Leaders Calculate Need-Based Funding in 2015-16? To measure each region ’s need for adult education and distribute need-based funding accordingly, state education leaders followed four steps, as shown in the figure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3323

The 2017-18 Budget: Department of Consumer Affairs

Feb 17, 2017 - We concur that reducing the state ’s reliance on the Accenture maintenance contract is a worthwhile goal since it is more costly than state staff. However, the proposal does not reflect a commensurate reduction in maintenance contract amounts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3570

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of Governor’s Cannabis-Related Trailer Bill Legislation [Publication Details]

May 4, 2017 - Presented to the following Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittees: Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy, and Transportation Health and Human Services State Administration and General Government
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3661

Legislative rules and responsibilities (Amendment No. 1). [Ballot]

Dec 1, 2015 - The State Legislature has two houses: the State Assembly and the State Senate. The California Constitution governs the various ways in which the Legislature can pass bills. It does not include a requirement on the amount of time a bill needs to be available on the Internet before a vote by either house.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-083

Place a limit on gross charges for patient care services or items set by certain private hospitals. [Ballot]

Dec 18, 2015 - Fiscal Effects This measure could have two major fiscal effects on state and local governments. The first effect would result in state and local government savings —although these savings would be offset in part by a variety of other factors —while the second effect would result in state and local government costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-101

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details]

May 15, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Deferred Maintenance [Publication Details] The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision —Deferred Maintenance Format: HTML Description: The Governor’s May Revision includes $1.06 billion from the General Fund for deferred maintenance projects at various state departments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3841

The 2016-17 Budget: Fiscal Impacts of Proposition 47

Feb 12, 2016 - (In recent years, the state has been under a federal court order to reduce overcrowding in CDCR ’s 34 prisons. Specifically, the court found that prison overcrowding was the primary reason the state was unable to provide inmates with constitutionally adequate health care and ordered the state to reduce its prison population to 137.5  percent of design capacity.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3352

Review of High-Speed Rail Draft 2016 Business Plan

Mar 17, 2016 - In 2014, the state began providing cap –and –trade auction proceeds to HSRA for the high –speed rail project. Cap –and –trade auction proceeds are revenue generated by the state from the sale of emission allowances as part of the state ’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3394

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

Common Claims About Proposition 13

Sep 19, 2016 - California ’s Impact Fees Higher Than Many States. Over half of states have impact fees, which pay for the costs associated with new development like new infrastructure. A recent survey of over half of these states (including most of the western states) found California to have the highest average impact fees for construction of a single –family home.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3497