The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of Governor's Criminal Justice Proposals

Feb 19, 2019 - (The previous honorable discharge process was effectively eliminated when responsibility for supervising DJJ parolees was shifted —or realigned —from the state to county probation departments in 2010.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3940

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations Department of Public Health —Enforcement 6.0 California Department of Tax and Fee Administration —Enforcement 6.0 5.5 No Multiyear Proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939

The 2019-20 Budget: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2019 - There are about 9,000 water systems in California regulated by the state and counties (generally those with four or more service connections —usually the point of access between a water system ’s service pipe and a user ’s piping).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3933

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations [Publication Details]

Feb 14, 2019 - In this post, we review the administration’s reductions to certain allocations of Proposition 56 tobacco tax revenue. In our view, the administration’s approach for 2019-20 is reasonable. However, the administration has not yet decided how these adjustments will be determined in 2020-21 and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3939

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2019 - Specifically, we analyze his proposals for (1) the Local Control Funding Formula, (2) special education, (3) county offices of education, (4) education mandates, and (5) school facilities. (2/14/19 -- Adjusted when Proposition 51 funding would be exhausted given proposed pace of bond sales.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3930

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 13, 2019 - Specifically, we advise the Legislature to seriously consider renewing the managed care organization tax, despite the Governor not proposing to do so; present issues for consideration related to the Governor's proposed expansion of comprehensive Medi-Cal coverage for young adults regardless of immigration status; and provide an initial assessment of the Governor's proposals to use Proposition 56 funding in Medi-Cal to extend and expand provider payment increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3935

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 98 Analysis

Feb 13, 2019 - COLA = cost ‑of ‑living adjustment and COEs = county offices of education. Assessment and Recommendation Providing Annual COLA for Block Grants Has Benefits, Recommend Adopting. A COLA is a simple way to recognize cost increases over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3930

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 13, 2019 - First, the state pays managed care plans each month based on over a thousand individual rates, each of which corresponds to a type of Medi ‑Cal beneficiary in a particular county or region covered by a particular managed care plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3935

Gauging Risk in Capital Gains Revenue Estimates [EconTax Blog]

Feb 12, 2019 - Gauging Risk in Capital Gains Revenue Estimates [EconTax Blog] Gauging Risk in Capital Gains Revenue Estimates February 12, 2019 Justin Garosi Revenue from taxation of capital gains is a major component of state personal income tax collections, making up 16 percent of total projected personal income tax revenues for 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/346

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Individual Health Insurance Market Affordability Proposals

Feb 7, 2019 - Franchise Tax Board (FTB) Would Administer State Mandate. The administration has indicated that FTB, which administers the state ’s personal income tax, would implement the proposed state individual mandate penalty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3927