The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 4, 2022 - In addition to these 2022-23 changes, the budget agreement includes plans to potentially restructure the Cal Grant program in 2024-25, subject to a trigger provision, as the nearby box describes. Cal Grant Trigger Provision Budget Includes Trigger Provision for 2024-25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4632

New Higher Education Reporting Requirements [EdBudget]

Oct 3, 2022 - The budget package contains trigger language that prioritizes funding for Cal Grant reform in 2024-25 if sufficient General Fund is available over a multiyear period. c Language specifies that the CCC Chancellor's Office shall conduct the study but contains no requirement the study be shared with the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/622

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Sep 30, 2022 - Districts currently set aside approximately $2.2  billion per year related to this requirement. These funds meet the definition of capital outlay for SAL purposes, and so the spending plan adopts a plan to require school districts to exclude this spending from their limits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4631

The 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Transportation

Sep 29, 2022 - The budget includes a total of $10.6  million from the General Fund over three years —$4  million in 2022-23 and $3.3  million in 2023-24 and 2024- 25 —for CHP to support its Highway Violence Task Force.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4628

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Sep 27, 2022 - Language Stating Intent to Provide Additional Funding for Middle-Mile Network Costs in 2023-24 and 2024-25. Budget-related legislation — Chapter 48 of 2022 (SB 189, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review) —also affirms the Legislature’s intent to provide $300 million General Fund in 2023-24 and $250 million General Fund in 2024-25 for additional costs to develop, construct, and acquire the state’s middle-mile broadband network.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4626

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 26, 2022 - Finally, the budget package includes language that would make various changes affecting the board beginning in 2024-25, contingent on sufficient General Fund resources to support the changes being provided in the 2024-25 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4625

Assessing the Provision of Criminal Indigent Defense

Sep 22, 2022 - Finally, Chapter  583 of 2021 (A B  625 , Arambula) directed OSPD —upon appropriation —to undertake a study to assess appropriate workloads for indigent defense attorneys and to submit a report with findings and recommendations to the Legislature by January  1,  2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4623

Monthly Jobs Report [EconTax Blog]

Sep 20, 2022 - Headline preliminary reports suggest the state added 43,000 jobs in May. The state's private-sector added 29,900 jobs, the largest gain this year. The state's public sector and publicly supported sectors added 12,700 jobs. Private-sector jobs are up 7k since last May, whereas public sector and publicly supported jobs are up 200k jobs. The state's unemployment rate fell from 5.3 percent to 5.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/755

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Sep 16, 2022 - The 2022-23 budget provides HCD $100  million General Fund over two years ($25  million in 2022-23 and $75  million in 2023-24) for affordable housing on state excess land sites. This funding builds on $45  million provided for the program in 2021-22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4622