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

Apr 25, 2017 - The Legislature could formally require the Secretary of State to report its f indings and recommend possible improvements to SB  450 following the state ’s experience with the new voting model. How Should The State Use the Remaining 2009 Settlement Funds?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3656

The 2017-18 Budget: Military Department

Feb 10, 2017 - We note that CMD indicates that having advance-planning documents for a greater number of projects would enable the department to choose among different options wh en determining the next set of projects to construct.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3555

The Property Tax Inheritance Exclusion

Oct 9, 2017 - Consequently, monthly ownership costs for these homeowners were around $1,000 less than the typical homeowner ($1,650 vs. $670). Because most inherited homes have been owned for decades, children typically are receiving a property with lower ownership costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3706

The 2022-23 Budget: California Department of Technology

Feb 22, 2022 - The department might consider other factors when setting service rates such as how costs are distributed across state en tities (for example, to equitably distribute costs across entities with different budgets) and how simple the billing for, and collection of, revenues is for the department and state entities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4552

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of Information Security Proposals

Mar 23, 2023 - How these smaller en tities will separate their IS and privacy officers and programs without additional funding is unclear. Shared IS Needs Identified, but Centralized Shared Service Contracts Not Yet Available.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4748

Federal Assistance for Businesses Affected by COVID-19

Apr 3, 2020 - On April 30, 2020, the federal Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a regulation stating that PPP recipients cannot claim a deduction for expenses funded from forgiv en PPP loans. In September, the state conformed to these federal rules for the first round of PPP loans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4215

Considering Changes to Streamline Local Housing Approvals

May 17, 2016 - These types of responses have be en a major factor in the undersupply of housing in California ’s coastal communities. Benefits of New Housing Often Unclear to Existing Residents. While new housing can have drawbacks for a community ’s residents, new housing also brings benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3470

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The administration anticipates an increase in eviction cases (known as unlawful detainers) and small claims filings wh en the statutory protections expire, resulting in new workload for trial courts.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309