The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The funding is to be the first of three augmentations, with the intent to provide a total of 30,000 additional slots to serve all low ‑income four ‑year olds by 2021 ‑22. These slots would be on top of the almost 9,000 full ‑day slots the state added over the past three years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Reauthorization of AB 8 Vehicle Fees

Feb 24, 2023 - For instance, the administration has reported that about 50  percent of funded projects have been located in low ‑income or disadvantaged communities. The Legislature could require the program to further prioritize these communities, such as by adding a focus on multiunit dwellings, given that existing chargers are more heavily located in affluent areas.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4708

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - Lower ‑Income Households and Communities Are Particularly Vulnerable. In  general, low ‑income households and communities are expected to bear a disproportionate burden because they have fewer resources for adapting to various climate impacts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

California's Transportation System

Jun 7, 2018 - The state does not collect data on the race, ethnicity, or income of Californians having driver licenses. However, one recent national survey showed that blacks and Latinos were somewhat less likely to have them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3860

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Implications for State Transportation Funding and Programs

Dec 13, 2023 - Increasing vehicle fees also could raise equity considerations given that the increases would impose a larger relative burden on lower ‑income households if they were applied uniformly regardless of income.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4821

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Higher estimates for personal income taxes and corporation taxes each account for a bit under half of this difference, with the small remainder attributable to a variety of other revenues. This improves the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Fund Shift for CHP and DMV Capital Projects

Feb 27, 2023 - Adding additional commitments to the fund —such as the $25  million in annual debt service for current proposed projects and additional debt service for forthcoming projects —would accelerate the fund ’s anticipated insolvency and necessitate legislative action to address the fund condition somewhat sooner than would  otherwise  be  the  case.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4710

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Of this amount, $ 300  m illion would be allocated to the state ’s low ‑income housing tax credit program, which provides funding to builders of low ‑income affordable housing. The remaining $ 200  m illion would target mixed ‑income projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2024-25 Budget: Establishing the Office of the Inspector General for the High-Speed Rail Authority

Feb 8, 2024 - The IG ’s proposed work plan envisions that OIG will conduct six programmatic reviews annually, as well as investigate complaints (such as from whistleblowers) and conduct ad hoc reviews. We summarize OIG ’s work plan for 2024 ‑25 in Figure  1.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4833

DMV Shift to Online Services Due to COVID-19

Oct 16, 2020 - African American, Latino, low income, and rural households, as well as households without a college education, are disproportionately less likel y to have broadband service at home. For these customers, online DMV services remain less accessible, and, therefore, they are more likely to depend on other service channels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4283