The 2017-18 Budget: Department of State Hospitals (DSH)

Feb 22, 2017 - If they do not require intensive treatment, they may be transferred to a JBCT program. If patients require such treatment, they are transferred to a state hospital. Treating patients in a JBCT program is much less costly than treating them in a state hospital.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3578

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - Proposition  10 stipulated, “no monies from [Proposition  10] shall be used to supplant state or local General Fund money for any purpose. ” The court found that transferring funds from Proposition  10 to avoid cuts in Medi ‑Cal was “disingenuous. ” Under that rationale, the court stated that “the state could cut Medi ‑Cal funding entirely and replace it with all with
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

The 2017-18 Budget: Transportation Funding Package

Feb 17, 2017 - Of the total funding for local roads, roughly one ‑third comes from the state from “shared revenues ” —a portion of the state ’s excise taxes on gasoline and diesel that are distributed to cities and counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3572

The 2017-18 Budget: Higher Education Analysis

Feb 16, 2017 - Guttman Community College in New York (a new, pathways ‑based college) achieved a 30  percent two ‑year graduation rate, compared with a median of 13  percent for community colleges in large cities. Pathways With Comprehensive Supports.
https://lao.ca.gov/publications/report/3559

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - Since 2013-14, state law has required that any excess property tax revenue COEs collect beyond their LCFF allotments be transferred to trial courts. This excess property tax revenue offsets state support for trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

The 2017-18 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 15, 2017 - Governor’s Proposal The Governor ’s budget plan proposes to transfer $10.9  million from the TSCA to SRA in 2017 ‑18, and projects expenditures from SRA of $9.6  million. This leaves a reserve of $1.8  million in the SRA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3558

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's Cannabis Proposals

Feb 14, 2017 - Transfer of Testing Laboratories ( ‑$0.4   Million). DPH also proposes to redirect three positions (and $410,000) from DPH to DCA for licensing medical cannabis testing laboratories, consistent with the transfer of authority over these laboratories made in the 2016 ‑17 budget package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3556

The 2017-18 Budget: California Highway Patrol

Feb 9, 2017 - The 2015 ‑16 budget provided $136  million to fund the design and construction of the area offices in Crescent City, Quincy, San Diego, Santa Barbara, and Truckee, as well as $1  million for advanced planning and site selection to replace five additional unspecified area offices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3551

Volatility of the Personal Income Tax Base

Feb 8, 2017 - Transfer Payments. Transfer payments consist mainly of government payments to and for the benefit of individuals, such as Social Security, disability payments, Medicare and Medicaid payments, unemployment insurance benefits, and veterans ’ benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3548

Re-Envisioning County Offices of Education: A Study of Their Mission and Funding

Feb 6, 2017 - The state, however, does not track these funding transfers. Moreover, reported expenditure data do not delineate clearly whether COEs include spending on all students or only direct COE ‑funded students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3547