The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - This brief focuses on access to health insurance coverage and the affordability of health care costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The spending plan eliminates General Find for grants to the California Community Colleges ($30  million in 2023-24 and $70  million in 2024-25) and to the California State University and University of California ($50  million in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2019-20 Budget: Assessing the Governor’s Primary Care Physician Residency Proposals

May 9, 2019 - The programs —one administered by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) and one administered by the University of California —provide grant funding to support physician residency programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4034

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - Another recent study by Stanford University researchers estimates that a 50 percent increase in wildfire smoke could increase deaths of older adults by an additional 9 to 20 per 100,000 people annually, an impact that is similar to the projected temperature‑related mortality discussed earlier.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

The 2024-25 Budget: The MCO Tax Package at May Revision

May 22, 2024 - The package also supported certain other health program augmentations, such as grants for graduate medical education programs (administered by the University of California) and one-time hospital relief programs (administered by the Department of Health Care Access and Information).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4905

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - Universities Governor Establishes Multiyear Compacts With the Universities. The Governor ’s budget increases ongoing General Fund for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC) by a total of $775  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Universities Governor Proposes Ongoing Base Increases Linked With Certain Expectations. The Governor proposes a total of $336  million in additional ongoing funding for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - In the South San Joaquin Valley, Inland Empire, Central Coast, and San Francisco Bay Area, RAND estimates a general shortfall across all categories. The shortage is generally most severe in these regions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Mental Health Workforce Proposal

May 9, 2019 - More than 80  p ercent of the increase in professional mental health graduates is from graduates of private universities in the state, which do not rely on augmentations in state funding to grow enrollment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4031

The 2023-24 Budget: Whole Child Model Expansion

May 5, 2023 - Another hospital —University of California, San Francisco Benioff Children ’s Hospital —estimates a reduction of $29  million were the Whole Child Model to expand to Alameda and Contra Costa Counties (two Single-Plan model counties).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4767