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

Feb 22, 2019 - This is because the state could enact statutory changes at any time to allow funds from one subaccount to be transferred to the other subaccount (or, for that matter, elsewhere in the budget). Should Caseload Savings Be Deposited Automatically Into the Safety Net Reserve?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3947

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget provides $ 31  m illion from the General Fund in 2019 ‑ 20 —to be expended over a few years —to backfill wildfire ‑related property tax loses for cities, counties, and special districts associated with certain major wildfires that have occurred since 2015.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Rethinking the 1991 Realignment

Oct 15, 2018 - Fund Transfers. 1991 r ealignment allows a certain percentage of funds to be transferred among accounts with counties ’ Boards of Supervisors approval. 2011 r ealignment allows for transfers without this approval requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3886

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

Feb 16, 2018 - Second, some DC employees transfer to another state department (for example, in the final three months of 2017, 130 e mployees transferred to other state departments, such as the Department of State Hospitals and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Sequestering Savings From the Closure of Developmental Centers

Jan 31, 2018 - For example, the City of Costa Mesa has zoned a portion of Fairview DC property as open space and other portions for single ‑family residential development, public facilities, or recreational uses. (If the land is not sold, but instead transferred to another state department, it would not be subject to local zoning rules.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3735

Fiscal Outlook: Developmental Services

Nov 15, 2017 - If the state chooses to transfer one or more of the properties to another state agency, it would not generate any revenue. Because the nature of the disposition and potential repurposing of DC properties is yet to be determined, we have not projected any offsetting revenue gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3717

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 28, 2017 - Finally, the state may transfer a portion of the TANF block grant funds received each year to certain other federal block grants, such as the Title XX Social Services Block Grant, to be expended according to the rules of the block grant receiving the transfer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3576/1

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Human Services Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - The 2011 realignment transferred fiscal risk to counties at the same time as it gave them a guaranteed source of revenues. Prospectively, counties are not responsible for future cost increases resulting from state, federal, and judicial policy changes, but are responsible for all other increases —for example, those associated with rising caseloads.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3351

Health and Social Services Block Grant Not A Good Fit for Counties [Publication Details]

Feb 18, 2004 - the Governor proposes to consolidate into a single block grant, funding for state-only programs which serve immigrants, and transfer these programs to the counties effective October 1, 2004. The proposal assumes that counties will achieve administrative efficiencies, so proposed block grant funding has been reduced by 5 percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1117

Realignment Revisited: An Evaluation of the 1991 Experiment In State-County Relations [Publication Details]

Feb 6, 2001 - Realignment, enacted in 1991, transferred various mental health, health, and social services programs from the state to county control. It also altered program cost-sharing ratios, and provided counties with dedicated tax revenues to pay for these changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/755