Federal COVID-19-Related Funding to California

Apr 28, 2020 - The first section describes funding allocated to public entities in the state, for example, the state government, local governments, other public entities like school districts and tribal governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4226

The 2018-19 Budget: Administration of the 2017 Housing Package

Feb 8, 2018 - In addition, about $25  million will be available for farmworker housing and about $13  million for incentive grants for cities and counties each year beginning in 2019-20. The administration intends to develop particular programs to distribute these funds via a stakeholder process over the next year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3746

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: State Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Oct 5, 2020 - The budget package includes $25  million for IBank to increase the amount of capital available to CDFIs. This money will enable these lenders to make additional loans to small businesses affected by the COVID-19 recession in underbanked communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4271

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Housing and Homelessness

Oct 8, 2020 - This action authorizes an additional year of the tax credit that was originally provided in 2019 ‑20 for 2020 ‑21. This additional tax expenditure brings total credits to $1  billion across the past two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4278

The 2023-24 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Oct 2, 2023 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The final version of Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2023-24 budget package. As these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4835

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

Broad-Based Cash Assistance in COVID-19 Recovery Actions

Apr 3, 2020 - Expected to Provide Roughly $25  Billion to Californians. Using tax data from 2017 (the latest available, although not perfectly representative of 2018 and 2019 returns), we roughly estimate about 14  million California households (or about 85  percent of all tax filers) will be eligible to receive a total of about $25 ‑30  billion in direct cash assistance from the CARES Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4214

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 2018-19 Budget: The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2018 - (This includes $25  million proposed for OES as part of the Governor ’s 2018 ‑19 cap-and-trade expenditure plan.) This total budget is a net decrease of $7  million (0.5  percent) from current-year estimated expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3782

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