The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000. Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2020-21 Spending Plan — Other Provisions

Oct 7, 2020 - The budget also provides $5  million and associated reporting language for an operational observer to monitor the efforts of Pacific Gas & Electric (PG &E) to implement steps to mitigate the risk of wildfire ignitions from PG &E ’s infrastructure and limit the effects of public safety power shutdowns.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4277

Ten Years Later: Progress Towards Expending the 2006 Bond Funds

Jan 3, 2017 - However, the stat e generally has limited ability to change the purpose of how bond funds are spent without voter approval. Thus, lengthy delays in expending bond funds can mean that those expenditures might reflect outdated, rather than current, priorities. . . .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3519

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The Governor proposes no additional deposits into the reserve so it remains at its 2019 e nacted level of $ 900  m illion under this budget proposal. Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay

Oct 17, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Capital Outlay The 2019‑20 Budget: California Spending Plan Capital Outlay Overall, the Legislature approved $3.5  billion for about 200 capital outlay projects in 2019 ‑20.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4105

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The agreements with seven bargaining units (Units 2, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, and 19) are scheduled to expire at the end of 2019-20. Pursuant to the state ’s labor agreements, the 2019-20 budget assumes that most state employees receive a pay increase in 2019-20 of about 3.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2024-25 Spending Plan: Judiciary and Criminal Justice

Sep 10, 2024 - . $4.7  million Unfair Competition Law (UCL) Fund in 2024-25 (increasing to $4.8  million in 2025-26 and 2026-27) to support civil climate change litigation. $4  million General Fund annually for three years beginning in 2024-25 to supplement baseline funding supporting increased legal services for small clients.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4924

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Students have access to research databases, e ‑journals, magazine subscriptions, peer ‑reviewed articles, and e ‑books that can be used to complete course  assignments. New Federal Policy Resumes Pell Grants for Eligible Incarcerated Students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2019-20 Budget: Deferred Maintenance

Feb 8, 2019 - Additionally, we recommend that the Legislature adopt SRL that requires that, no later than January  1, 2023, each department that is receiving deferred maintenance funding in 2019 ‑ 20 i dentify how their deferred maintenance backlog has changed since 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3929

The 2016-17 Budget: Review of UC’s Merced Campus Expansion Proposal

Feb 10, 2016 - Projections of public high school graduates fluctuate between small increases and decreases over the next several years, with a less than 1  percent increase in graduates between 2015 –16 and 2019 –20 .
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3349