The 2024-25 Budget: Child Welfare

Feb 26, 2024 - FFPSA Part I extension of expenditure authority — — Governor ’s budget proposes to extend the expenditure deadline for local child welfare agencies to spend their grant dollars for the state Family First Prevention Services Block Grant for four years, to June 30, 2028.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4855

^[PDF] MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10

For a description of the pay increases other employees will receive during the terms of their MOUs, refer to our March 4, 2014 report, The 2014-15 Budget: State Worker Salary, Health Benefi t, and Pension Costs.  Pay Increases Affect Other State Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/MOU/2014/MOU-BU-10-052914.pdf

A Review of the CalSTRS Funding Plan: State’s Future Responsibility for CalSTRS Uncertain

Feb 2, 2016 - In these scenarios, state contributions reach about 18 percent of payroll by the mid-2040s. In the context of current statewide teacher payroll, the difference between these two extremes is roughly $5 billion —more than three times the state ’s current contribution to CalSTRS ’ main pension program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3336

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation [Publication Details]

Mar 5, 2024 - In this post, we assess the Governor's proposal to increase the mill assessment—a tax levied on pesticides when first sold into or within the state—to address the structural deficit within the Department of Pesticide Regulation’s special fund and to support various programmatic expansions for the department.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4873

LAO Publications

We recommend the Legislature take a different appro ach and allocate any new funding first for the state’s highest existing education priorities, including debt service, pension costs, and paying down community college deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications?page=61&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Publications

We recommend the Legislature take a different appro ach and allocate any new funding first for the state’s highest existing education priorities, including debt service, pension costs, and paying down community college deferrals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications?page=61&year=0&publicationType=0

LAO Education

In this post, we provide key background information on pensions and CalSTRS. Report Evaluation of the School District of Choice Program Format: HTML January 27, 2016 - The District of Choice program is one of several statutory options allowing a K-12 student to transfer from one school district to another school district.
https://lao.ca.gov/Policy-Areas?areaId=4&category=0&year=0&page=28

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements [Publication Details]

Jan 4, 2024 - Legislation approved in 2018 established a long-term urban water use efficiency framework to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life,” creating new requirements for urban retail water suppliers across the state. This report responds to a requirement that our office assess implementation of the framework.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4823

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Even Modest Water Savings Could Help With Resilience, but Will Depend on How the State Manages Those Savings. SWRCB estimates the state could conserve about 440,000  acre ‑feet of water annually at full implementation, which represents about 1  percent of total state water use.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

California Housing Affordability Tracker (April 2024) [EconTax Blog]

Jan 24, 2024 - Put another way, the difference in costs between buying and renting is generally much higher in the high-cost areas of the state. Northern California Has Generally Had Slower Growth Than the Rest of the State.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/793