The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Other Provisions

Oct 17, 2019 - The total funds $221.7  million will be granted to counties on a 75/25 state/county match basis. Labor Programs Lengthens State ’s Paid Family Leave Benefit by Two Weeks. California ’s paid family leave program provides up to 70  percent wage replacement to workers who take time off to bond with a new child or care for an ill family member.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4101

The 2025-26 Budget: Estimated State Savings From Proposition 47

Feb 26, 2025 - First, Proposition  36 only allows people who possess certain drugs to be charged with a treatment mandated felony if they have at least two past drug convictions. Whereas, people who possessed drugs prior to Proposition  47 could be charged with a felony even without any prior convictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4991

The 2025-26 Budget: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Feb 25, 2025 - CDCR reports that it is in the process of developing criteria for who will be housed at SQRC with a focus on maximizing the number of people who will be able to take advantage of the enhanced rehabilitation opportunities at SQRC.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4986

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Other Provisions

Oct 16, 2025 - The budget provides the Department of Finance with authority to augment CMD ’s budget by up to $4.8  million if CMD receives federal matching funds for the purpose of replacing three deteriorating heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems at the Azusa, Sacramento-Okinawa, and Fresno-Hammer Field armories.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5081

Assessing Community College Programs at State Prisons

Jul 1, 2024 - Under this approach, students close to release who do not yet have a degree could be crowded out by students who already have a degree and/or have a significant amount of time left on their sentences.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4913

The 2025-26 Budget: SB 678 County Probation Grant Program

Apr 11, 2025 - For example, there is no adjustment for the fact that people who are ultimately released to parole serve, on average, nearly six years in prison and around two years on parole. As a result, this part of the proposed methodology would underestimate state savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5031

Evaluating California's Pursuit of Zero Net Energy State Buildings

Nov 14, 2017 - The analyses should apply a reasonable discount rate that takes into account that dollars in the future are worth less than those today. Evaluate Key Alternatives. The analyses should compare a reasonable set of alternatives.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3711

The 2018-19 Budget: Department of General Services

Feb 20, 2018 - The administration ’s estimate does not take into account that money today is more valuable than money in the future (often referred to as the “time value of money ”) through a technique called discounting future cash flows.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3758

The 2023-24 Budget: Financing Approaches for Capital Outlay Projects

Feb 28, 2023 - One advantage of bonds is that they can better align who pays for the project with who benefits from the project. Since capital outlay projects will provide benefits for many years, future taxpayers would pay for the future bene fits (through debt service payments) rather than current taxpayers paying for the entire project (through cash financing).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4709

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The administration indicates schools may use these funds for either ( 1)  s pecial education services for students with disabilities or ( 2)  e arly intervention programs for students who are not yet receiving special education services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916