The 2017-18 Budget: Considering the State's Role in Elections

Mar 30, 2017 - Create Block Grant for Ongoing Support. We suggest the Legislature consider sharing in the cost of elections through a block grant. A block grant would provide counties state support to partially offset county costs to comply with a range of elections activities specified by the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3634

The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Recommendations [Video]

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The 2015-16 Budget: Health Benefits for Retired State Employees - Health Benefits for Retired State Employees: Background [Video]

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The 2025-26 Budget: California Military Department—STARBASE Classroom Building

Feb 20, 2025 - CMD asserts that a new, bigger educational space could serve as many as 900 additional students annually. The department indicates that a new classroom building could accommodate approximately 50 STARBASE classes during the school year, which would effectively eliminate the typical annual program waitlist.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4976

The 2018-19 Budget: The May Revision—Funding to Address Homelessness

May 12, 2018 - . $250  Million for a Homelessness Emergency Aid Block Grant. The administration proposes a one-time General Fund allocation of $250  million for a new Homelessness Emergency Aid block grant to be awarded by the Homeless Coordinating and Financing Council .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3831

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

Jan 13, 2020 - . $900   Million in Safety Net Reserve. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package created the Safety Net Reserve to save money specifically for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Out of the $2.3  billion General Fund appropriated through 2023 ‑24 across the middle ‑mile network ($1.2  billion), last ‑mile project grants ($900  million), and LLRF ($175  million), approximately $740  million is encumbered and only $30  million has been expended.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

The 2017-18 Budget: Secretary of State Spring Finance Letter

Apr 25, 2017 - Specifically in our report, we recommend that the Legislature structure ongoing support for elections as a block grant to participating counties. The pending implementation of SB  450 and this budget proposal give the Legislature an opportunity to consider how to structure a new financial relationship to ensure consistency across counties as well as address other elections issues that we discuss in our report.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3656

The 2016-17 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 22, 2016 - Additionally, the number of claims approved by VCGCB dropped from about 1,300 annually in the two years before 2004-05 (prior to the implementation of the filing fee and departmental charges) to an average of 900 since then, a 30  percent decline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3362

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

Aug 17, 2023 - (The restructuring was necessary because $900  million in general obligation bonds authorized in 2008 for veteran homeownership did not experience the demand that was projected before the housing downturn during the Great Recession.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790