The 2025-26 Budget: State Mandates—Regional Water Quality Control Boards

May 30, 2025 - This is because from 2018 onward, local governments have had sufficient authority to raise fees to pay for the costs of compliance due to the statutory chan ges that took effect at that time —thereby making it so the state is not required to reimburse local governments for their costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5054

The 2024-25 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 22, 2024 - However, some of these restrictions and chan ges are no longer in effect as the severity of the pandemic has abated. For example, the department has resumed visitation and rehabilitation operations and face coverings are generally optional in most areas of prisons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4852

The 2023-24 Budget: Proposed Energy Policy Changes

Mar 10, 2023 - Because of the expense and general risk associated with newer, large technologies, smaller LSEs face particular challen ges in procuring these types of resources. Governor’s Proposals Governor Proposes Two Major New Energy Policy Changes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4735

Felony sentencing. [Ballot]

Jan 2, 2018 - We describe these chan ges in greater detail below. Reduces Number of Felonies Considered Violent and Serious. Under current law, burglary of an occupied residence and robbery are considered both violent and serious felonies.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-046

Proposed pilot unlikely to provide reliable results

May 19, 2014 - The property tax is a major source of revenue for local governments, raising more than $50 billion annually for counties, cities, special districts, and schools and community colle ges. Counties administer the property tax.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/810

Recommend assessment of IT project in addition to reconciliation and legal efforts

May 20, 2013 - There are numerous functionality and stability issues that justify the continued pursuit of an updated payroll system, including the capabilities to respond quickly to payroll chan ges, issue reports to other state agencies and stakeholders, and allow employees online access to payroll and tax information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/761

California Update, May 1996

Similarly, the current withholding gains provide encouraging evidence that the underlying trend in wa ges is stronger than previously thought. The withholding gains are especially strong in view of the elimination of the top 10  percent and 11  percent marginal state income tax brackets as of this January.
https://lao.ca.gov/1996/cal_update/cup0596.html

Improving Academic Preparation For Higher Education

The UC Riverside, for example, encoura ges native English speakers who fail the Subject A exam to enroll directly in lower division courses. Because it does not characterize these courses as precollegiate, it receives f ull state funding for them.
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/remediation/020801_remediation.html

Supplemental Report Of The 2001 Budget Act 2001-02 Fiscal Year

Further, it is the intent of the Legislature that should an exception to the policy be granted and UC contract out for services the UC will report to the Legislature the number of contracts, the estimated savings to the UC during the contract period, the reason any savings were realized, the wa ges and benefits subcontractors paid to their employees, information on the
https://lao.ca.gov/2001/supp_report/073001_supp_rpt.htm

1996-97 Budget Analysis: Health and Social Services Overview

This is due to several factors, including (1) the increasing incidence of AIDS-related disabilities, (2) chan ges in federal policy that liberalized the criteria for establishing a disability, (3) a decline in the rate at which recipients leave the program (perhaps due to increases in life expectancy), and (4) expanded state and federal outreach efforts in the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1996/a96cov.html