The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Most notably, the Governor provides a combined $ 900  m illion for six programs aimed at improving school employee training, recruitment, and retention. The budget also provides $ 600  m illion for two new grant programs: (1) $ 300  m illion for grants to help low ‑performing schools and districts improve their performance and (2) $ 300  m illion for
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - In some cases, agencies or departments are not authorized to make expenditures on the development and implementation of a project until 30 calendar days after written notification of the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2019-20 Budget: May Revision Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 17, 2019 - Lower Growth in General Fund Spending on Schools and Community Colleges. Under the rules of Proposition  98 (1988), the state must provide a minimum funding level to schools and community colleges each year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4050

The 2019-20 May Revision: Considerations for the Revised Housing and Homelessness Plan

May 13, 2019 - As of January 2018, California has about 130,000 homeless individuals, which represented about 25  percent of the total homeless population in the nation. Addressing California ’s housing and homelessness crisis is one of the most difficult challenges facing the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4045

A Review of LifeLine Budget Estimates and Enrollment Process

Apr 3, 2019 - However, the national average LifeLine take ‑up rate is about 25  p ercent, and California has the highest estimated take ‑up rate of any state in the country. This is likely in large part because California offers the largest monthly subsidy of any state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3995

Housing and Homelessness Funding Impacting Children

Mar 25, 2019 - Cash, Food, and Medical Assistance Can Offset Housing Costs a (In Millions) Free and reduced price lunch 2,838 $4,097 a Where possible, we tried to identify funding targeting children and families. b Earned Income Tax Credit amounts reflect combination of federal tax year data and state fiscal year data.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3985

The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law

Mar 15, 2019 - One way to limit the resources required would be to roll out the amnesty period at different times for different industries (say, one year for the service industry, a second year for the financial industry, and so on).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3978

The 2019-20 Budget: Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2019 - The federal government typically requires a 25  p ercent nonfederal cost share. State Expected to Receive Over $1   Billion in HMGP Funds for 2017 and 2018 Disasters. Due to the scale of the disasters —especially wildfires —experienced in 2017 and 2018, the state received a number of Presidential Major Disaster Declarations and is anticipated to receive several billions of dollars in federal assistance for disaster response and recovery activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3961

The 2019-20 Budget: California Department of Food and Agriculture

Mar 5, 2019 - Require CDFA to Report at Budget Hearings on Current ‑Year Expenditures. We recommend the Legislature require CDFA to report at budget hearings on projected spending in the current year on ACP and HLB suppression and eradication activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3958

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor’s Proposed Supplemental Pension Payment to CalPERS

Mar 4, 2019 - The state ’s contributions have been rising (due to actuarial assumption changes and lower-than-assumed investment returns) and are expected to continue to rise over the next several years. Specifically, the state ’s CalPERS pension contributions are expected to increase by more than 25  percent between now and 2023 ‑24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3957