The 2022-23 Budget: School Nutrition

Feb 8, 2022 - Federal Law Requires School Food Service Workers Meet Annual Training Requirements. Food service workers are required to complete six hours of training per year if they are employed full time and four hours if they are employed part time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4519

The 2022-23 Budget: Secretary of State Request to Waive Business Filing Fees

Feb 7, 2022 - That being said, lowering fees creates risk that the special fund might not have sufficient resources in a particular year. This is demonstrated by the volatility in revenues to the fund. For example, between 2011 ‑12 and 2020 ‑21, year ‑over ‑year growth in revenues ranged from a 40  percent increase in revenues between 2013 ‑14 and 2014 ‑15
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4516

The 2022-23 Budget: Initial Comments on the State Appropriations Limit Proposal

Feb 4, 2022 - Excess Revenues Must Be Allocated to School Payments and Taxpayer Rebates. The Legislature could meet any remaining SAL  requirements by splitting excess revenues between taxpayer rebates and payments to schools and community colleges The Constitution gives the state two years to make these payments, and so the costs could be funded in the 2023 ‑24 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4515

The 2022-23 Budget: Judicial Branch Proposals

Feb 3, 2022 - However, due to the expiration of limited ‑term funding previously authorized, total funding would decline to $65.4  million annually beginning in 2024 ‑ 25 —effectively the same level of funding in the current  year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4513

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of Major UC Proposals

Feb 2, 2022 - Historically, the state has expected UC to draw its freshman admits from the top 12.5  percent of the state ’s high school graduates. As we have noted in previous analyses, UC has been found to be drawing from beyond these pools in recent years and likely will continue to do so.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4511

The 2022-23 Budget: Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Payment (SSI/SSP) Program

Feb 2, 2022 - In response to this requirement, the Governor ’s outyear budget assumptions include $296  million General Fund in 2023 ‑24 (increasing to $593  million General Fund in 2024 ‑25) to increase all SSP grants by 23.95  percent on January 1, 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4514

The 2022-23 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 2, 2022 - This year ‑to ‑year increase in General Fund reflects a much faster rate of cost growth relative to prior budget estimates. The main reason for the year ‑to ‑year General Fund cost increase is the anticipated ramp down of temporary increases to federal Medicaid funds (largely associated with the public health emergency) that were used to offset General Fund costs in the IHSS program in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4512

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture [Publication Details]

Feb 1, 2022 - In this post, we assess the Governor’s 2022-23 budget proposals for the California Department of Food and Agriculture.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4510

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Feb 1, 2022 - As noted, CDFA is required to provide a report to the Legislature in January 2024, in time to inform the 2024 ‑25 budget package. Should the Legislature wish to consider providing additional funding for the program in 2023 ‑24, it could request a status update from the department on program demand and outcomes next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4510

The 2022-23 Budget: Oil Well Abandonment and Remediation

Jan 31, 2022 - Initial grants provide states up to $25  million to accelerate well remediation work. This funding has not yet been allocated, but the federal government will accept applications later this spring. Formula Grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4508