MOU Fiscal Analysis: Bargaining Unit 10 (Professional Scientific)

Aug 14, 2024 - The ULP charge against CAPS for this action (Case SA-CO-526-0S) remains pending before PERB and has not yet been decided. Governor Presented —and Union Rejected —Last Best and Final Offer (LBFO) in December 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4918

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

Aug 17, 2023 - The bonds will be repaid over time using MH SA funds. NPLH has supported 247 projects and 7,852 housing units are anticipated. As of August 2022, 119 projects are under construction, 30 projects have been completed, and 498 units have units have been completed and are occupied.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2021-22 California Spending Plan: The State Appropriations Limit

Aug 30, 2021 - Second, the budget made the Golden State Stimulus payments an emergency expenditure, which is excluded from the SA L (described below). Third, the budget shifted some capital outlay spending from federal funds (specifically, American Rescue Plan fiscal relief funds) to General Fund, increasing room under the limit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4449

How California's Economy Evolved Over the Last Business Cycle [EconTax Blog]

Jan 7, 2021 - The high-growth subsectors were already overrepresented in California in 2007, and they then outperformed the sa me subsectors in other states over the next 12+ years, which drove the strong growth of the state ’s aggregate information sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/604

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - The Legislature also enacted a package of legislation to help implement the Q SA. The QSA includes an agreement to transfer 300,000 acre ‑feet of water from IID —which uses Colorado River water to irrigate farm fields near the Sea —to two other Southern California water districts (the Coachella Valley Water District and the San Diego County Water Authority) for residential uses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879

Teacher employment laws. (Amendment No. 1) [Ballot]

Nov 24, 2015 - The Office of Administrative Hearings might experience some minor costs due to lengthier layoff hearings resulting from more multifaceted layoff policies but achieve some minor sa vings due to fewer dismissal hearings for third, fourth, and fifth-year teachers.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2015-078

Proposed high deductible health plan reasonable, but may not reduce #cabudget costs.

Mar 25, 2015 - Under this scenario, unless the state spent all of its premium sa vings making contributions to participating employees ’ health savings accounts, the state would experience aggregate net savings under the Governor ’s proposal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/836

Rules for K-12 independent study (IS) and technology-based instruction.

Mar 18, 2013 - For example, the state could require all IS measures of sa tisfactory progress be approved by COEs or the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Alternatively, the state could establish basic statutory criteria for IS programs to use when s electing outcome measures and require compliance with those criteria be part of the annual audit process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/728

Administration’s trailer bill proposal related to future “triple flip” unwinding mechanism

Mar 15, 2013 - It is unclear at this point if the trailer bill as currently drafted would achieve its stated intent of ensuring, under all circumstances, full compensation for local government sa les tax revenues that were reduced for the period that the ERBs were outstanding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/727

IHSS Budget Update

Mar 13, 2012 - We will continue to monitor the sa vings as more data become available. Several IHSS Policy Changes Have Not Yet Been Implemented Start-Up Activities Have Delayed Implementation of Pilot Project to Create Savings Medication Dispensing Machine Pilot Project.
https://lao.ca.gov/Recommendations/Details/570