The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Higher Education

Oct 11, 2021 - As part of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative, the budget provides funding to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for grants to expand behavioral health services in schools and school-linked settings for individuals age 25 and younger.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4461

Building Permits Update: August 2021 [EconTax Blog]

Oct 6, 2021 - Multifamily activity has been unremarkable all year. Los Angeles County led as usual with 1,394 units followed by San Diego County with 871. San Francisco permitted 578 units, its most since January 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/703

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Oct 6, 2021 - In addition, the budget includes $51  million General Fund (increasing annually to $78  million by 2024 ‑25) for COVID-19 workers ’ compensation claims related to Chapter  85 of 2020 (SB  1159, Hill).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4460

New Workload and Funding for the California Department of Education (CDE) [EdBudget]

Oct 4, 2021 - New Workload and Funding for the California Department of Education (CDE) [EdBudget] a Funding reduced to $4.3 million starting in 2022-23. b Positions reduced to 2.5 starting in 2024-25. c Funding increases to $538,000 for 2022-23 and 2023-24.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/550

California Community Colleges Continuing Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Oct 1, 2021 - State costs for all years are $4.9 million higher than the amount approved in 2020-21 and total costs are $9.8 million higher. C = construction. 
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/527

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Transportation

Oct 1, 2021 - The initiative also includes an additional $475  million in 2022 ‑23 and $146  million in 2023 ‑24, for a total of $1.1  billion over a three-year period. The total amount consists of the following: (1) $418  million over three years to augment Caltrans litter abatement efforts; (2) $287  million over two years for state beautification projects
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4458

California gaming activities. [Ballot]

Oct 1, 2021 - Revenues in exces s of the limit may only be used for taxpayer rebates and additional school payments. Other Fiscal Effects. This measure could result in various other fiscal impacts on the state and local governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-009

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Specifically, 21 p ercent of reporting agencies had compliance rates below 25 p ercent, while 38 p ercent had compliance rates above 75 p ercent. In the box below, we discuss some issues related to why measuring compliance rates is a valuable, though imperfect, measure of wildfire risk reduction, as well as why there is no clear optimal compliance rate that the state should target.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Public sector unions and collective bargaining. [Ballot]

Sep 28, 2021 - In order to receive the full benefi t, state employees must retire with at least 20  or 25 years of service, depending on the vesting schedule. Eligible state employees receive a benefit for life, even after they are eligible for Medicare.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-008

Funding for students attending private schools and homeschool. [Ballot]

Sep 27, 2021 - (The law waives a few rules for small schools.) Funding Private Schools Generate Most of Their Revenue From Tuition. Available data suggest that private school tuition in California averages roughly $12,000 per year for elementary schools and $20,000 per year for high schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-006