The 2023-24 Budget: The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 16, 2023 - This brief provides our analysis of the Governor’s 2023-24 budget proposals related to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4686

The 2022-23 Budget: Student Financial Aid

Feb 18, 2022 - To inform future funding decisions, we recommend the Legislature add provisional language requiring CSAC to submit a report by November 1, 2023 on the Cas h for College program ’s activities in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4548

Theft crimes. [Ballot]

Jan 12, 2022 - First, by making petty theft and shoplifting punishable as wobblers in certain cas es, the measure would result in some people receiving longer county jail and/or community supervision terms. Second, people sentenced to county jail and/or community supervision fo r felonies involving high dollar amounts of theft or property damage would receive longer sentences due to the sentence enhancements created by the measure.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2021-041

How High? Adjusting California’s Cannabis Taxes

Dec 17, 2019 - Miller, Keaton and Boyoung Seo (2019). “Tax Revenues When Substances Substitute: Marijuana, Alcohol, and Tobacco. ” Mimeo, University of Oregon. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (2017).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4125

Medical Malpractice Cases [Ballot]

Nov 15, 2019 - File No. 19-0018, Amendment #1) relating to the process of medical malpractice cas es. Background Medical Malpractice Persons Injured While Receiving Health Care May Sue for Medical Malpractice. Under current state law, patients injured while receiving health care may sue health care providers for medical malpractice.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2019-018

The 2019-20 Budget: Office of Emergency Services

Mar 13, 2019 - Also, in many cas es, it prioritizes projects related to the specific type of hazard that triggered the disaster declaration. For example, for the major 2018 fires, the department has indicated it is providing first priority to fund mitigation activities in declared counties (Ventura, Los Angeles, and Butte).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3961

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - While the broader eligibility criteria in the Early Start program may help explain why caseload in this program outpaces growth in caseload among those age 3 and older, it does not explain why cas eload would increase so much on an annual basis, particularly since the number of infants and toddlers overall in California has held steady or even declined in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

Private legal actions that enforce state labor laws. (Version 3) [Ballot]

Nov 28, 2017 - Additionally, the restrictions on the scope of PAGA lawsuits could potentially simplify the cas es that are filed. On the other hand, this reduction could be offset to some degree because the restrictions on the scope of a single PAGA lawsuit could potentially result in more individual PAGA lawsuits being filed.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-037

Psilocybin legalization. [Ballot]

Oct 16, 2017 - To the extent that is not the cas e or the federal government exercises its discretion to enforce federal prohibitions on psilocybin-related activities otherwise permitted by this measure, the revenue and expenditu re impacts discussed below could be greatly reduced.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2017-024

The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - Given this, we recommend the Legislature require DHCS to report at May Revise hearings on how the most recent data on caseload and redeterminations have informed and changed cas eload projections.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350