Federal COVID-19-Related Funding to California

Apr 28, 2020 - How Federal COVID-Related Funding Will Flow to Californians. As shown in Figure  1, we categorize federal funding according to the two major channels through which they reach Californians. These channels are: Payments to Public Entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4226

Conference Committee Update: California's Cash Flow Crisis [Publication Details]

May 22, 2009 - Conference Committee Update: California's Cash Flow Crisis [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2068

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - This is a standard practice used when cash flows occur over time. In particular, because the future savings associated with reduced leasing costs are not discounted, they appear to be greater than they really are.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2024-25 Budget: Proposed Reductions to State Operations

May 21, 2024 - While this proposal may help the state reach a balanced budget “on paper, ” in reality, the unrealized savings would flow into the 2025-26 budget process and add to any fiscal challenges the Legislature is facing that year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4903

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - Funding Sources for COVID-19 Spending This section describes the major state, federal, and other sources of funding for COVID-19 spending that flows through the state budget. This section, like the rest of the post, excludes funding from local governments and funding from the federal government directly to local governments and other nonstate entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

The 2019-20 Budget: Increasing Compliance With Unclaimed Property Law

Mar 15, 2019 - With hundreds of millions of dollars flowing to the state annually, this liability grows each year —and the cumulative total now stands at $9. 4  b illion. The state maintains an indefinite liability to reunite property with owners —meaning owners could one day come forward to claim any piece of this total amount.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3978

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's May Revision Cannabis-Related Proposals

May 16, 2017 - The positions will address water quality-related impacts of cannabis cultivation and its effects on instream flows. The proposal includes $750,000 per year for three years for contract funding to expand the Cannabis Identification and Prioritization System (CIPS) —a software program that interprets satellite imagery to help SWRCB identify the locations of cannabis cultivation sites and prioritize the board ’s field efforts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3672

An Overview of Federal Higher Education Relief

Apr 28, 2020 - Low reserve levels, in turn, could result in campuses having cash flow problems in 2020 ‑21 and entering 2021 ‑22 in a particularly vulnerable fiscal position. Vigilant Oversight Will Be Key to Assessing Remaining Needs and Building State Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4225

State Archives: Limited Space for a Growing Collection

Jan 8, 2018 - This could be accomplished by simultaneously slowing the flow of new physical records and decreasing the collections of existing physical records, allowing the current building ’s existing capacity to be used for the highest priority physical records.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3730

Evaluation of the Property Tax Postponement Program

Oct 8, 2018 - Housing is very expensive in California—in early 2018, the typical California home cost $481,000, roughly double the price of the typical home in the United States. The state offers the Property Tax Postponement (PTP) Program to help certain homeowners afford their property taxes and stay in their homes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3885