Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Proposition   98 Is Colleges ’ Main Source of Funding. Proposition  98 (1988) sets aside a minimum amount of funding for schools and community colleges based upon a set of constitutional formulas. Proposition  98 funding comes from the state General Fund and certain local property tax revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

Addressing Chronic Vacancies in Prison Mental Health Care

Feb 23, 2026 - For example, in court documents, CDCR estimated that the staff fill rate for ICF and APP beds in June would have been 98  percent for psychiatrists (instead of 81  percent), 73  percent for psychologists (instead of 52  percent), 105  percent for social workers (instead of 82  percent), and 127  percent for recreational therapists (instead of 101  percent) had all 249  inpatient beds been deactivated that month.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5134

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - This total includes $3.5  billion from the General Fund (non ‑Proposition  98), $1.5  billion in Proposition  98 General Fund, $676  million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), and $383  million in federal funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

The 2017-18 Budget: Trial Courts and the County Office of Education General Fund Offset

Feb 16, 2017 - A COE ’s annual LCFF allotment is supported first with local property tax revenue, with the remainder covered by state Proposition 98 General Fund. Some COEs Collect Property Tax Revenue in Excess of Their LCFF Allotment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3567

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

Jan 10, 2021 - Proposition  98 Reserve Deposits Required in 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Proposition  2 (2014) established the Proposition  98 Reserve and set forth rules requiring deposits and withdrawals under certain conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

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

Jan 14, 2019 - Though district pension costs typically are covered using Proposition  98 General Fund, the Governor proposes using non ‑Proposition  98 General Fund for this proposal. Whereas this proposal would provide districts with perceptible budget relief over the next two years, using the $ 700  m illion instead for paying down more of the CalSTRS unfunded liability would provide a longer ‑term benefit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

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

Jan 13, 2020 - The constitution also requires the state to make deposits into a Proposition   98 r eserve when a series of conditions are met. Under the administration ’s estimates, the balance of the Proposition   98 r eserve would reach $ 487  m illion at the end of 2020 ‑21.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Justice Budget Proposals

Feb 23, 2023 - Chapter 98 of 2022 (AB 1594, Ting): Firearm Civil Suits Beginning July 2023, requires firearm industry members comply with a specified standard of conduct —such as to implement reasonable controls to prevent firearm ‑related loss or theft.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4701

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The constitution requires the state to spend minimum annual amounts on schools and community colleges (under Proposition  98) and budget reserves and debt payments (under Proposition  2). Mainly as a result of higher revenues, relative to January, constitutionally required spending is higher by nearly $16  billion across the budget window.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Improving California’s Criminal Fine and Fee System

Jan 5, 2016 - We note that since the MOEs were first established in 1997 –98 , the state has taken actions to change MOE obligations for trial court operations —reducing the required payments from nearly $1.2  billion to about $660  million (a decrease of nearly 45  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3322