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

Aug 17, 2023 - Most relevant to AB  531, the proposals include $25  billion for home ownership and construction (SB  834 [Portantino]), $10  billion for affordable rental housing and home ownership programs (AB  1657 [Wicks]), and $5.2  billion for substance use treatment and other behavioral health programs (AB  1510 [Jones-Sawyer]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - Under  current law, any unspent funds would transfer to the Department of Health Care Access and Information for workforce initiatives. The administration instead proposes to revert the unspent funds, which total $15  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The budget also makes a number of smaller modifications to CalRx, including by transferring associated staffing and resources from CalHHS to HCAI and by enacting technical statutory changes in trailer bill legislation (Chapter  42 of 2023 [AB  118, Committee on Budget]).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Under the new intergovernmental transfer (IGT) process, counties will transfer funds covering their nonfederal share of cost into a state account, which will be used to draw down the associated federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - On April 24, the Governor announced a new partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and cities, counties, and tribes to provide home-delivered meals from local restaurants to older adults.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - The  administration ’s estimates of revenues (excluding transfers, both between state funds and from the federal government) are $13.6  billion higher across the three ‑year budget window compared to our estimates in November.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - Another way to fundamentally address MHSA revenue volatility would be to transfer the MHSA tax that is collected to the state General Fund and shift a dedicated portion of the General Fund tax base to fund the MHSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - The administration is required to notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee (JLBC) of transfers into DREOA. The administration notified the JLBC of two DREOA of transfers related to COVID-19: $1.3  billion on March  25 and $1.8  billion on May 21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - California Received $90.7  Million From the CDC Through DHHS Transfers and the CPRSAA. The State of California and Los Angeles County have received CDC funding totaling $90.7  million from the DHHS transfers and the CPRSAA, as described below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Mar 9, 2017 - These include the Governor’s proposed uses of Proposition 56 revenues, the proposal to shift additional New Qualified Immigrants (NQIs) to Covered California in 2017‑18, assumptions around federal CHIP funding, and the proposed abolition and transfer of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund (MRMIF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3612