The 2021-22 Budget: Various CSU Proposals

Mar 9, 2021 - State Recently Funded New Campus Study With Focus on Five Areas, Including San Joaquin County. The 2019 ‑20 Budget Act provided $ 4  m illion to the CSU Chancellor ’s Office to assess demand for a potential new campus in one of five specified areas: San Joaquin County (including Stockton), Chula Vista, Concord, Palm Desert, and San Mateo County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4399

K-12 Funding by Source [EdBudget]

Mar 4, 2021 - The 2021-22 amount excludes approximately $1.3 billion related to programs affected by this shift. d Includes revenue from property taxes collected in excess of the Local Control Funding Formula allotments, parcel taxes, fees, and local reimbursements. e The 2020-21 amount consists of $4.4 billion from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, $1.6 billion from the Elementary
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/485

The 2021-22 Budget: Improving Legislative Oversight of Emergency Spending Authorities

Mar 2, 2021 - . $820.5 Testing, treatment, surge capacity, and vaccination of staff and incarcerated persons. 281.3 Governor ’s Office of Emergency Services California Disaster Assistance Act grant funds to reimburse local governments for certain coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID ‑19) response costs. 119.8 General Services Hotels for health care workers, housing for vulnerable people released from prison and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4393

The 2021-22 Budget: Public School Restrooms Feminine Hygiene Products Mandate

Mar 1, 2021 - The state reimburses school districts and county offices of education (COEs) for mandated activities either through a claims ‑based process or from the K ‑ 12 m andates block grant. Under the state ’s traditional mandate reimbursement process, districts submit claims for the actual cost of performing each mandated activity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4392

The 2021-22 Budget: UC Programs in Medical Education

Feb 26, 2021 - According to UC, 72  p ercent of practicing physicians from the UC Irvine program practice in county health facilities or federal qualified health centers, 66  p ercent work in practices that serve primarily low ‑income patients, and 53  p ercent work in practices where a majority of patients are Latino.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4389

Home Prices Update: January 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 23, 2021 - The graph below shows appreciation over the past 12 months for the state ’s 15 largest counties, and suggests that the shift to remote work has been a key factor in recent price changes. San Francisco has long been northern California ’s largest business hub, and historically a large share of its work force has commuted in from other counties.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/628

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization

Feb 23, 2021 - Later in 2017, the Legislature passed two laws —A B  102 and A B  131 —that transferred most of BOE ’s programs, budget, staff, and facilities to the newly created California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) and Office of Tax Appeals (OTA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4385

Updating Special Education Out-of-Home Care Funding

Feb 23, 2021 - In 2019, counties began using CANS assessments as part of the CFT process. As of fall 2020, counties are using slightly different versions of the CANS assessments and are in different stages of automating the assessment process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4386

The 2021-22 Budget: State Board of Equalization [Publication Details]

Feb 23, 2021 - The Governor's proposed 2021-22 appropriation for the Board of Equalization (BOE) is $31.8 million, 30 percent higher than the amount spent in 2019-20. Due to vacancies, BOE spent just $24.5 million of its $31.3 million appropriation in 2019-20. This post discusses issues for the Legislature to consider as it decides how much to appropriate for BOE in the 2021-22 budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4385

Income Tax Withholding Tracker: February 1 - February 19 [EconTax Blog]

Feb 19, 2021 - Income Tax Withholding Tracker: February 1 - February 19 [EconTax Blog] Income Tax Withholding Tracker: February 1 - February 19 February 19, 2021 Brian Uhler Bottom Line: California income tax withholding collections in February to date are 7.8 percent above February 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/627