The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - States Required to Spend an Amount of State Funding Equivalent to the Increased HCBS FMAP Funding on New HCBS Expansions and Enhancements. The state ’s decision to claim increased HCBS FMAP funding reduced its share of cost for existing HCBS services by an equal amount (in California ’s case, $2.8  billion).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/6

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - Shifts State LIHWAP Dollars Back to State Water Resources Control Board. The budget package reverts $200  million from LIHWAP to the California Emergency Relief Fund, and reallocates those funds back to the California Water and Wastewater Arrearage Payment Program (CWWAPP) administered by the State Water Resources Control Board.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/7

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - CCL ’s Home Care Services Bureau is responsible for the state ’s Home Care Program, which licenses and oversees home care organizations and maintains the state ’s registry of independent home care aides.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

Funding for students attending private schools. [Ballot]

Nov 2, 2023 - Similar to the state, public schools also make pension contributions that include both of these components. (Most other public school employees also qualify for pensions when they retire, but the state does not help fund these pensions directly.)
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-026

Managed care organization tax. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - Also in certain years, the federal government rejected the state ’s initially enacted version of the MCO tax, requiring the state to restructure the tax and resubmit it for approval. Recently Enacted MCO Tax Package State Recently Enacted New Version of the MCO Tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-024

Homeownership affordability. [Ballot]

Oct 27, 2023 - Additionally, regulatory fees levied by the state on housing, infrastructure, utility, or public service projects could not exceed 1  percent of the construction costs. The state regulatory fee cap would not apply to fees expressly authorized in state law.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-025

Personal finance education. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - This minimum requirement changes over time based on changes in state revenues, or the econom y and the number of students attending school. The state meets the minimum requirement by providing schools with funding from local property tax revenue and state tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-022

Drug crimes. [Ballot]

Oct 25, 2023 - State Prison.  People whose current or past convictions include serious, violent, or sex crimes can be sentenced to state prison. The sentence lengths for people convicted of felonies vary based on the severity of the crime.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2023-023

California’s Cap-and-Trade Program: Frequently Asked Questions

Oct 24, 2023 - Historically, cap-and-trade has been considered as a “backstop ” to ensure the state meets its targets. That is, CARB has explicitly stated that to the degree other policies collectively fall short of meeting the state ’s GHG reduction goals, the cap-and-trade program is intended to reduce emissions further to make up the difference.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4811

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health [Publication Details]

Oct 23, 2023 - This post summarizes overall spending in the 2023-24 budget package for health programs. It is part of our California Spending Plan series, which contains posts focused on each major sector of the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4810