The 2012-13 Budget: Economic and Revenue Update [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2012 - Like the economic data, reports concerning state revenues have been mixed recently too, with weakness in income tax payments accompanied by speculation concerning a future bonanza of tax revenues due to the possible offering of stock by Facebook, Inc.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2578

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The legislation also requires CDE to add certain health and safety requirements to Title 5 r egulations, which govern all State Preschool programs. In addition, Chapter   32 r equires LEA ‑run State Preschool programs to use CDE ’s uniform complaint procedures for addressing health and safety complaints and to use expedited response timelines that currently apply to school facility health and safety issues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/4

The State Appropriations Limit

Apr 21, 2021 - Proposition  2 (201 4) r equired the state to set aside more funds in reserves. Under Proposition  4, reserve deposits are counted in the year they are made (instead of the year they are withdrawn). While Proposition   2 r equires the state to set aside minimum amounts in reserve each year, Proposition   4 l imits reserve deposits like other state appropriations, creating a tension between these two constitutional calculations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4416

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The spending plan dedicates $ 218  m illion in Proposition   56 r evenue to offset General Fund spending in Medi ‑Cal. This represents a decrease from the $ 711  m illion in Proposition   56 r evenue that offset General Fund spending in Medi ‑Cal in 2017 ‑18.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/6

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 5, 2020 - The spending plan also uses Proposition   2 r equired debt payments to pay for a $ 243  m illion unfunded liability pension payment for California Highway Patrol, thereby reducing General Fund costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4263

The 2021-22 Budget: CalWORKs Fiscal Outlook

Dec 8, 2020 - Because caseload typically follows economic trends on a lag, we project an increase of about 10  p ercent in 2021 ‑22 (for an average caseload of about 430,00 0) r elative to our updated estimate of 2020 ‑ 21 c aseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4306

The 2018-19 Budget: California Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 2, 2018 - The budget also provides funds for flood control, including levee maintenance and various urban flood control projects; counties to purchase new voting systems; and infrastructure and equipment at correctional facilities, including r eplacing the roofs at three facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3870/1

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Spending Plan (Final Version)

Oct 27, 2021 - In terms of direct assistance to families, the budget uses ( 1) r ealignment funding to provide a 5. 3 p ercent increase to the CalWORKs grant and ( 2) f ederal COVID ‑ 19 r elief funds to provide a one ‑time payment of about $ 640 t o families.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4448

Federal Spending in California

Jan 18, 2017 - The northern counties received more federal funding on a pe r-person basis in part because these counties have relatively small populations and received larger amounts for national forest related payments and other grants.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3531/5

Building Reserves to Prepare for a Recession

Mar 7, 2018 - Passed by voters in 2004, Proposition   58 r equired the state to make an annual transfer into the BSA. These required deposits were to gradually increase from 1  p ercent of General Fund revenues in 2006 ‑ 07 t o 3  p ercent in 2008 ‑09 and every year thereafter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3769