The 2020-21 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2020 - The administration proposes to remit the remaining CRF funds to schools ($ 4  b illion), counties ($1. 3  b illion), and cities ($ 450  m illion). Budget Solutions Mix of Solutions Reasonably Well ‑Balanced.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4232

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Expiration of Managed Care Organization (MCO) Tax Current MCO Tax. Since 2016-17, the state has imposed a per-member tax on Medi-Cal and non-Medi-Cal MCOs. Revenues from the MCO tax, which leverages federal funding for Medi-Cal, provide a substantial General Fund offset in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Budget Outlook

May 23, 2023 - When combined with slightly smaller increases in the local property tax portion of Proposition  98, overall growth in school and community college funding would average around 4.6  percent annually. Operating Deficits Average $18   Billion Annually Under LAO Estimates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4772

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Outlook

Nov 14, 2018 - Over the past several years, school district attendance has decreased in many parts of the state, including the Bay Area and portions of northern California, with more pronounced declines in Los Angeles County and Orange County.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3897

The 2023-24 Budget: California's Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - Our estimate of the total Proposition  98 spending on schools and community colleges in 2022 ‑23 is $106.7  billion ($78.6  billion from the General Fund and $28.1  billion from local property taxes).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4646

The 2023-24 Budget: Multiyear Assessment

Feb 15, 2023 - The state could reform th e underlying tax structure to make it less volatile, which nearly certainly would involve reducing tax rates for higher ‑income earners. Or, the state could address volatility by building reserves —funds that can be saved during upswings and spent during downturns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4687

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - Most of the federal funds from the state support county costs for health and human services programs, like Medi-Cal and CalWORKs. Northern California Counties Receive the Most Funding Per Person. While the state ’s most populous counties —like Los Angeles and San Diego —received more federal funding than rural counties, northern counties received more federal funding per person, as shown in Figure 1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/5

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - In 2011, the main programmatic and fiscal responsibility for APS was realigned to counties. APS is funded through a combination of state, county, federal, and 2011 r ealignment funds. Establishes Limited ‑Term State Matching Funds for County Senior Home Safe Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/7

State Funding Actions Related to COVID-19

Apr 20, 2020 - . $100.0 Travel trailers and hotel and motel beds for immediate homeless housing. 50.0 Funding to counties for increased administrative costs in CalFresh. $24.3 Funding to counties for increased administrative costs in Medi ‑Cal. 12.7 Funding to counties for increased administrative workload for CalWORKs. 8.0 Reimbursement to
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4223

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - Assumed Expiration of the MCO Tax Reauthorization of the MCO Tax Would Generate Billions of Dollars in General Fund Savings Beginning in 2023 ‑24. The MCO tax generates annual General Fund savings in Medi ‑Cal of $1.5 billion or more for each year it is in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474