The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - DPR indicates taking enforcement actions on out ‑of ‑state pesticide dealers would be a more appropriate role to assign to the state, since the primary role of CACs is to be the main enforcement authorities within their jurisdictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - This funding would support repairs to levees and other infrastructure on state ‑owned land, for which the state is responsible. The funding also would enable the state to draw down additional support from USACE.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - The state carries out this role through the SSMP. (While statute requires the state to consider local economic impacts, it does not assign fiscal responsibility to the state to address any such effects that may result from a shrinking Salton Sea.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

The 2024-25 Budget: Broadband Infrastructure

Feb 28, 2024 - Federal and state broadband programs define unserved and underserved in different ways using various criteria. All of the major federal and state programs, however, estimate that there are hundreds of thousands of households in areas of the state without broadband access.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4867

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Cannabis Control—Legal and Administrative Hearing Costs

Mar 4, 2024 - Under the direction of the Attorney General, DOJ provides legal services to state agencies. State agencies can request —and are generally billed for —DOJ services to initiate legal action, defend or represent them in legal actions filed by others, or provide legal advice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4869

The 2024-25 Budget: Child Support

Feb 27, 2024 - Implementation of New State Policy DSS Updated Policy to Align State Referral Practices With New Federal Guidance and State Law. In March  2023, DSS issued a letter to counties updating the state ’s policies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4861

Review of the Funding Determination Process for Nonclassroom-Based Charter Schools

Feb 29, 2024 - They must hire an auditor from a list of firms approved by the State Controller ’s Office. The auditor then conducts an independent review following procedures in the audit manual developed by the state known as the Guide for Annual Audits of K ‑12 Local Education Agencies and State Compliance Reporting (known as the audit guide).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4870

Changes in California State Library General Fund Spending [EdBudget]

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https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/833

The 2024-25 Budget: CalWORKs

Mar 4, 2024 - As mentioned, state TANF programs must meet WPR requirements or face financial penalties. A state ’s WPR requirements are reduced via “caseload reduction credits ” if the state ’s caseload declined within a certain period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4872

The 2024-25 Budget: Property Tax Postponement Program [EconTax Blog]

Feb 29, 2024 - Furthermore, given the state ’s General Fund problem, continuing to operate the PTP program means the Legislature will need to find more solutions in other parts of the state budget. Low Participation and High Administrative Costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/800