The 2017-18 Budget: Evaluating the State-County Assessors' Partnership Agreement Program

Mar 27, 2017 - We estimate our model using ordinary least squares with cluster ‑robust standard errors, accounting for clustering of our city level observations at the county level due to SCAPAP applying to all cities in participating counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3632

A History of California’s Budget Reserves

Mar 24, 2017 - The 2016-17 enacted budget assumed $8.5 billion in total reserves, including $6.7 billion in BSA funds, which represents 7 percent of total General Fund revenues and transfers. As shown in the f igure, this is the highest level of reserves in an enacted state budget plan since 1981-82, the first year shown on the graph.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3630

The 2017-18 Budget: Local Update of Census Address Program Overview

Mar 23, 2017 - (Properties built without permits may not be contained within the county rolls, however, city and county governments likely would not have these addresses either.) Rather than distributing the funds across all cities and counties, encouraging LUCA participation by county assessors (on behalf o f the county and its cities) could increase the funding available to each county.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3629

Update on Los Angeles’ Bid for the 2024 Olympics

Mar 23, 2017 - City Agreements City of Los  Angeles Is Lead Public Guarantor. Before LA  2024 submitted its final bid documents to the IOC, the Los  Angeles City Council formally agreed to provide a number of contractual guarantees required for Olympic bid cities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3622

Managing Floods in California

Mar 22, 2017 - During periods of high water flows, more than 80  percent of Sacramento River waters can end up flowing through the Yolo Bypass instead of through the main stem of the river near the City of Sacramento.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3571

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Mar 9, 2017 - These include the Governor’s proposed uses of Proposition 56 revenues, the proposal to shift additional New Qualified Immigrants (NQIs) to Covered California in 2017‑18, assumptions around federal CHIP funding, and the proposed abolition and transfer of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund (MRMIF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3612

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to abolish MRMIF and transfer its fund balance and any ongoing revenue from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund into a newly created Health Care Services Plans and Penalties Fund, which will fund ongoing Medi ‑Cal services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

Do Communities Adequately Plan for Housing?

Mar 8, 2017 - The Legislature could modify existing state funding allocations to cities and counties so that they are distributed based on population growth. Currently, however, discretionary state allocations to cities and counties are minor, representing a very small portion of city and county funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3605

The 2017-18 Budget: Federal Receiver for Inmate Medical Services

Mar 3, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $3.1  million from the General Fund for 184.5 additional CNA positions, as well as temporary help to conduct suicide watch for patients awaiting transfer to MHCBs. We note that the total cost of the Governor ’s proposal is $12.1  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3601

The 2017-18 Budget: Funding Public Works Labor Enforcement

Mar 3, 2017 - We recommend that the Legislature require DLSE to report by March  2019 on (1) changes in the amount of contractor registration fees collected; (2) the estimated effect of any efforts to increase compliance with the contractor registration fee, including outreach to awarding bodies and other steps to increase awarding body accountability for ensuring contractor registration; (3) what adjustments
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3603