The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs [Publication Details]

Feb 28, 2019 - In this report, we evaluate three Governor's budget proposals related to early intervention services for infants and toddlers with special needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Associated costs would be covered by a combination of Proposition   56 t obacco tax revenues and federal funding for Medi ‑Cal. Notably, state policy currently requires Medi ‑Cal managed care plans to provide such screenings, and thus, some portion of the proposed one million screenings currently occurs and would occur even absent the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Social Services Budget

Feb 22, 2019 - Under current law, the General Fund has supported the restoration of IHSS service hours, which were previously reduced by 7   p ercent, so long as the MCO tax is in place. (Additional information on the MCO tax can be found in our report, The 2019‑20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi‑Cal Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Based on the recent federal approval of a similar tax in Michigan, federal approval of a reauthorized California MCO tax appears likely. Despite this development, the administration did not propose an extension of the MCO tax in 2019 ‑20, forgoing over $ 1  b illion in General Fund benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - Step Two: Sales Tax Growth to IHSS. One of the permanent changes made to 1991 r ealignment in the 2017 ‑18 Budget Act was to prioritize the use of any increases in sales tax revenue for IHSS costs. As a result, any year ‑over ‑year increase in sales tax revenue first is allocated to counties ’ IHSS costs (through the Social Services Subaccount).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - In 2011, the state enacted legislation known as 2011 r ealignment, which dedicated a portion of the state ’s sales tax to counties to administer CWS. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget projects that nearly $2. 5  b illion will be available from realignment revenues to fund CWS programs in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - The state may also have an interest in selling the land rather than leasing it as a way for both state and local governments to begin generating property tax revenue and creating jobs. Leasing DC Property to a Housing Developer In this section, we discuss one specific leasing option —providing a long ‑term ground lease to a developer of mixed ‑income housing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

The Potential Effects of Ending the SSI Cash-Out

Jan 8, 2018 - Shelter costs include rent, mortgage payments, taxes and insurance on the home, and utilities. The maximum shelter deduction in federal fiscal year 2017 ‑ 18 i s $535 unless there is an eligible elderly and/or disabled household member —there is no cap on deductible shelter costs for these households.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3729

Measuring CalWORKs Performance

Sep 6, 2017 - A fourth measure —the percentage of CalWORKs participants with earnings sufficient to receive the maximum benefit from the federal earned income tax credit —was added later. In order to receive incentive funding from the Pay for Performance program, counties would either have to make a minimum level of improvement on a given performance measure or rank in the top 20  percent of counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3702

The 2017-18 Budget: Governor’s Proposal to Strengthen Information Security

Feb 28, 2017 - Given the extensive assortment of sensitive data that the state maintains, including Social Security numbers, health records, and income tax information, the state is a prime target for information security attacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3594